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2002
World SuperBike Championship - Round 11 - Oschersleben Aprilia Report September 1st, 2002 |
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Noriyuki Haga made a good fourth place in Race 2 of the German Superbike
GP at Oschersleben. His long duel for the podium with British rider Neil
Hodgson was one of the most spectacular episodes of the day and had the
television and public riveted for much of the race. In Race 1, the
Japanese rider of the Playstation2 - FGF Aprilia Team finished seventh. Haga had never raced at Oschersleben before with the Aprilia RSV and, considering the situation, the day's result is indeed positive. Nitro-Nori is now just one point away from fourth place in the World Championship, currently held by Ben Bostrom. NORIYUKI HAGA (Playstation2 - FGF Aprilia Team rider) - "In Race 2, we went pretty well. However, Hodgson in front slowed me down: I had the distinct feeling that if I'd been able to get past him, I'd have been able to up the pace. But it's hard to get past on that track and I never found the right gap. Next Sunday at Assen, I'm sure we'll be able to do better: I know the track and I love it." GIACOMO GUIDOTTI (Technical Manager of the Playstation2 - FGF Aprilia Team) - "We weren't pleased with the first race, so we changed a number of things for the second, including both front and back tyres. We also worked on the suspension and the whole set-up of the bike was better. We didn't get the final gearing absolutely perfect: during the practice sessions, Haga had obtained slower times and during the race he was often on the RPM limiter. This meant that on the straights we weren't able to get quite the speed we needed to overtake Hodgson."
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