Swan Honda wrap up Spanish test at Guadix

The Swan Honda team have today (Thursday) completed their final Spanish pre-season test at Guadix and are returning home to the UK feeling positive ahead of their next test at Cadwell Park.

On the final day at Guadix James Ellison and Stuart Easton targeted longer stints on track as the team's hard work over the past week paid off with both riders improving their lap times on the final day. Easton clocked a best unofficial lap time of 1m:13.4s whilst Ellison lapped the 1.86-mile circuit with an unofficial time of 1m:13.5s.

Ellison said: "We have really made some good progress out here in Spain and today we have managed to test so many different settings; we definitely are leaving here feeling happy. The Swan Honda seems to really fit me and I am feeling comfortable on track. We have been able to get some consistent laps together and the times have just been coming. It has been great working with the team again and they have done a fantastic job, we are now looking forward to getting back out on track again in the next few weeks."

Easton said: "It has been a successful test for us and I am really pleased with the work we have done both here at Guadix and from last week at Cartagena. We have refined the settings and we are now in a really good position before we start testing again later in the month. We have improved the bike so much from when we were here last year and my lap times were consistently coming. I did a good run of laps in the low 1m:13s so we have seen a big improvement. We have another test coming up at Cadwell Park and after doing some longer stints today I think we should be ready for a strong start at the first round at Brands Hatch."