Nagashima capitalizes on sunny conditions at Phillip Island to tune the CBR1000RR-R
Competing in the opening WorldSBK round with the Honda HRC Test Team, the Japanese test rider makes the most of the hot and sunny conditions on day one in Australia to continue working on bike setup comparisons.
Having participated in the final pre-season tests at Phillip Island just a few days ago, official Honda test rider Tetsuta Nagashima is competing in this weekend’s opening round of the 2025 Superbike World Championship at the same circuit with the Honda HRC Test Team.
On track this morning for the weekend’s first practice session, Nagashima put in steady work throughout the 40-minute session. The Japanese rider completed 20 laps in total, continuing to gather information on the CBR1000RR-R setup while setting some interesting lap times. A best of 1’31.017 saw him place nineteenth. In FP2, he recorded a very similar time to his FP1 reference (1’31.042), which meant that the rider rounded out this first day of action in nineteenth place overall.
Saturday will see the team back on track for a final free practice, followed by the Superpole qualifying session and the first of the weekend’s Superbike races, which will run over a distance of 20 laps.
Tetsuta Nagashima
“Today, we tested quite a few setup changes. I tried something of both Xavi’s and Iker’s bike setups, and it was very interesting because there were some differences that provided us with useful information for future tests. Of course, the bike felt different since it wasn’t set up for me, but as I said, it was a valuable and important exercise for the future.”
Full Free Practice Results Courtesy of DWO
