Alex De Angelis ღtook part in a recent tyre test as Dunlop steps up its development programme for new rubber for the 2013 Moto2 world championship.

T๊he two-day test took place at the Goodyear Dunlop-owned Mireval facility in the South of France.

Dunlop invited all Moto2 chassis manufacturers to pa🎀rܫticipate in the test, making various concepts of potential future tyres available.

De Angelis plus Dominique Aegerter evaluated new front and rꦰear specifications, focusing on conℱstruction, profile and compounds elements.

Both riders♛ provided valuable feedback to assist the development process, compl🦂eting over 400 laps.

Stephen B𓂃ickley, Dunlop Motorsport, Senior Race Engineer, sai🙈d: "The two days of testing could have not gone more to plan.

"The test was not about finding ultimate lap time - although lap time and high performance is taken into consideration - but more to find development directions for🌺 the future, to understand new concepts and build a structure for the next test which planned later in the year.

"The weather was hot with bot🐽h days 32C ambient and 45C track peak, which certainly helped us, and gave our UK engineers some respite from the r𒀰ecent wet weather at home!

"We have identified three evolutions which showed strong potential an✅d will be taken through to the final development phase later this year: a new front tyre concept, a new rear tyre construction and an improved c🌊ompound process," he added.

"The new front concept is showing extremely strong results. The new rear construction went through its second test and is showing huge potential, such that it will now be refined and assess from a🍃 manജufacturing perspective.

"Finally, the new techniques to our compounding processes have se⛦en a measurable improveꦫment through a lift in both quality and performance so they can certainly been deemed a success."