World Superbike 2008 - Round Four

World Superbike 2008 - Round Four - Assen

A positive day for Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse team during the first qualifying session at TT dutch circuit in Assen where Makoto Tamada has been protagonist of a great performance and reached the 6th position.

The Japanese rider reached a good feeling with his ZX-10R thanks to the set up defined on suspensions. Besides the adjustments effectuated during morning’s free practices, have improved the feeling even more.

Difficult day for Regis Laconi that saw his hopes vanishing because of a bad crash that he cannot explain.

Makoto Tamada #100: “ I’m really satisfied of the day. The set up found out gives me more confidence and pushing hard has become extremely amusing. Today we focused on tyre choice and we have been able to make a great job considering that I maintained the rhythm for the whole session. Unfortunately the red flag and all the crashed limited my performances but I’m sure I can improve more before Sunday”.

Regis Laconi #55: “ I don’t know how to explain me this crash even to myself. It is true that I was accusing a lot the chattering but in that bend I was just shifting down and the bike just unsaddled me. This bike is difficult to be managed with my guide’s style but I trust in the team which is already working on my ZX-10R. Besides tomorrow I’ll try a new Steve Harris reinforced swing arm which will give me more stability and rigidity to solve the chattering problem”.