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da's Marc Marquez. Lorenzo's
best lap was a 1:48.076.
For Marquez, it was his first
time at the Aragon track on a MotoGP bike so he fared well, going
faster than his teammate Dani Pedrosa but slower than Lorenzo.
Marquez stayed one more day to
try the 2014-model Honda prototype after Pedrosa got first shot
at it. Pedrosa, meanwhile, headed home and didn't stick around
for the final day of testing.
"It's been a positive day of testing," Pedrosa said. "We focused
more on the actual bike doing
several tests with different rear
shocks to find more grip especially in the exit of the corners.
I am quite happy as we found
something good. We also did a
kind of 'shake down' of the 2014
prototype. I did just two exits and
a total of nine laps, basically to
get the first impression and give
to the engineers some feedback.
The bike is okay, but at the moment we need more time to understand it, so in the short term I
will not use it."
CHANGES FOR DAYTONA
D
aytona International Speedway will get a makeover with
groundbreaking set to begin on
the redevelopment of the "frontstretch" on July 5 with a target
date of completion set for July 5,
2016.
The redevelopment is expect-
ed to cost between $375 million
to $400 million, excluding capitalized interest. Total expenditures incurred for the redevelopment through May 31, 2013 were
approximately $15 million. Daytona's ownership, International
Speedway Corporation (ISC) ex-
pects to fund the redevelopment
from cash on hand, cash from
its operations and may use borrowings on its credit facility for a
limited period of time to even out
cash flow.
The vision for the redevelopment of the Daytona International
