World Superbike 2008 - Round Five

World Superbike 2008 - Round Five - Monza

Day 3 Report - Kawasaki

A DAY TO FORGET

Sure about its possibilities the Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse team remains astonished in front of the unlucky events that conditioned the potentialities it demonstrated during last days.

In race 1 Regis Laconi starts well but technical problems forces him to return into the pit garage just after few laps from the beginning of the race. Good start for Makoto Tamada too who next to the end of the race pushes too hard to gain positions although the lack of grip on the front which betrays him and he crashes.

In race 2 the situation is similar but this time is Regis Laconi who crashes and Makoto Tamada returns into the pit garage.

The sole satisfaction in Kawasaki comes from Ayrton Badovini of Kawasaki Pedercini team who gains the 9th position in race 2.

Regis Laconi: “We’ve been really unlucky. In race 1 I had to return into the pit garage because of a technical breakdown whereas in race 2 I push really hard ‘cause I wanted to give a good result to the team and I was almost achieving my goal. In fact before to crash I was near to gain positions and I rode half second faster than the leading group. It’s a pity ‘cause we could have achieved something very positive”.

Makoto Tamada: “ I became anxious in race 1 as I had just overpass Troy Corser but I still felt him behind me and I tried to increase the detachment between us but I crashed. In race 2 we filled up to the top the tank as we knew that the bike would need all the fuel for these races on this track but it wasn’t enough anyway. There’s nothing to say except that these things happens in this job even if you do everything you have to, working with professionalism as the team does”.