Marco M෴elandri is hoping solutions trialled during last week’s Misano 🍨test will put him in a stronger position for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship at Jerez.

Having s💮tarted the season strongly aboard the satellite GRT Yamaha R1, Melandri’s form has tailed off in recent rounds with only a single top ten finish from the last seven races.

Blaming a lack of feeling from hi🔯s Yamaha, Melandri and GRT spent time assessing his option🧸s during the Misano test even if he was hampered by inclement weather conditions.

“We found a good base early on the 🅘second day of t🤡he Misano test, but then we tried different settings to understand better how these impact on the feeling with the bike.

“It's something we just don't have time to do during a race weekend and, while we didn't finish as good as we would like, we did get a lot of information that will allow us to start with a better base this weekend in Jerez.”
 

Scoring a top three finish on his last WorldSBK appearance at Jerez in 2017 when he rode with Ducati. Melandri – who is alsꦕo a podium finisher ♚at MotoGP level back in 2005 - believes maintaining a consistent race pace will pivotal to a strong result.

“The key to Jerez is race pace; it will be hot and many riders will be fast for just a few laps, but maintaining this pac🤡e across race distance will be critical, so that's where we need to focus our efforts this weekend."