Next year, BMW and Honda will once again have more test days with the official riders of the Superbike World Championship. In total, each of the manufacturers will be able to test six more days than the ten stipulated by the general regulations.
According to the site SPEEDWEEK.com, each of the manufacturers will have 16 test days throughout the next year, as they have access to the super concessions. The special limit was introduced considering that these concessions could not be fully utilized with the maximum number of stipulated tests.
Despite having their regular riders, BMW will also have two experienced test riders, Bradley Smith and Sylvain Guintoli. Honda will have Tetsuta Nagashimna in these roles.
Scott Redding, who will compete for Bonovo Action BMW, explained to the aforementioned site: ‘Usually, test riders do not push the bike to the point where it is close to the final step. […]. The final step is only taken by regular riders, we have to test the components during our test days and discover them well. I’ll give you an example: if there are five new wings, then we should only have two to choose from. The test rider has to make the selection. That’s exactly what happens when a top team brings in a swingarm‘.
