WorldSBK: Iker Lecuona has “never watched a race at Imola, I literally know nothing”

After being in MotoGP action at Assen last month, WorldSBK action at Donington Park and the testing for the Suzuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚka 8 hours, the Spaniard is goinꦉg through a very busy period aboard Honda machinery.
Lecuona’s future at Team HRC appears to be up in the air at the moment, after struggling thr𓄧ough the first half of this 🍷season.
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That doesn’t mean🥂 the team doesn’t want to retain him as Leon Camier recently admitted that was the case, however, there have also been rumours linking him with LCR Honda in MotoGP.
But rumours around his future aside, Lec🔴uona is excited to get back on-track this weekend after a tough Suzuka 8 hour test: "It’s a busy period right now, switching from one world to the other - from WorldSBK to MotoGP, the Suzuka 8 hours test and now straigh🍃t on to a new track!
"But I’m enjoying myself and am looki🉐ng forward to this new challenge. I know literally nothing about Imola.
"I’ve never been thereಞ and never watched a race there, but learning a new track is normally not that challenging for me, a track is a track!
"It wꦓill be really important to work well on the bike, quickly find the way in terms of setup and have a clear direction to follow throughout the weekend. I’m ready and waiting to kick 🔥off a new weekend."
Two places ahead of Lecuona in the championship, teammate Xavi Vierge will also be riding at the🦂 Italian for the first time in his career.
"Imola follows on from a weekend that had its ups and down, but our mo♓tivation is🔴 intact and we’re ready to work hard to get the best out of the next round," said Vierge.
"After D🃏onington, we took part in two days of testing at Suzuka, two busy days where conditions constantly changed, but I🐻 really enjoyed it and feel it has given me an extra boost to fight hard to reach our goals.
"Imola is a new track for me of course, ꦇand I hope that it works for us a🐬s the Italian tracks generally do!
"As always when💟 heading to a new track, I try to work a lot before I arrive, watching videos and trying to learn the circuit on a simulator, which, although on four wheels, is aꦦ really good way to check out the layout. So I think I’m as ready as I can be and now let’s see what we can do!"