Chris Vermeulen talks to Australian paper the Daily.au about his preperations for the 2009 MotoGP season and what it was like testing with Suzuki over the winter break in a wind tunnel, and being blasted with gusts of wind up to 270kmh (possibly explaining the the hairline he’s showing off in the photo).
Full interview here, highlights below:

On the wind tunnel:
“It was me on the bike – they have been testing with technicians during the year, but they really needed me to test the aerodynamics of the bike. I’ve felt pretty weird, but hopefully that and the testing we’ve done down at Phillip Island will make us really competitive in the coming season.”

On testing and looking for more power:
“I feel we’ve taken half the step we need to get there”. We’ve done a lot of exhaustive testing – it’s involved putting on a new chassis and then added other parts one at a time and seeing what works,” he said. A motorbike is made up of a million parts, but it just takes a few not to be functioning at optimum to slow you down. I’ve always enjoyed giving them (the Suzuki team) as much feedback as I can. It’s going to benefit me in the long run and Suzuki.”

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