“It was a solid Sunday, and I think we improved the bike as the weekend progressed. We finished where we expected—seventh and eighth—but I lacked the confidence to make passes. I was stuck behind Andrea Locatelli for most of Race Two; he didn’t make mistakes, so I couldn’t find a way through. Still, looking at the bigger picture, we gathered valuable data. This was our first time running the bike in hot conditions and testing with an SC1 rear tire. With only two Bimota KB998 Rimini race bikes in the world—mine and Axel’s—we did a solid job and will take a lot of information back to Europe.”