A 'chaotic' Misano WorldSBK Superpole race saw Danilo Petrucci penalised for an incident with Dominique Aegerter and Remy Gardner, then left fearing he had broken a femur after crashing out with Iker Lecuona.
As team boss Herve Poncharal had hinted, Tech3 received a notable update from KTM for the start of the Assen MotoGP weekend in the form of a carbon fibre swingarm for Miguel Oliveira.
Pol Espargaro gave KTM's new carbon-fibre swingarm a promising grand prix debut by featuring near the front on his way to the seventh fastest lap time (+0.495s) during Friday practice at the French MotoGP.
"It is a shame that to get this result we had to spend our time and money with lawyers and reveal to the competitors our understanding about tyre cooling."
Ducati's carbon fibre chassis made an instant impact by winning its very first race, in the hands of Casey Stoner, on Monday night's 2009 Qatar MotoGP season opener.