World Superbike 2008 - Round Nine - Brno (Czech Republic)

World Superbike 2008 - Round Nine - Brno (Czech Republic)

Day 3 Report - Kawasaki

The Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse team doesn’t accept so easily the results achieved in this day at Brno track, Czech Republic.

In race 1 the French rider Regis Laconi is victim of a crash when Smrz hits him, while the Japanese rider Makoto Tamada reaches the 16th placement and arrives 17th in race 2.

At the beginning of the second manche, Regis Laconi gives great hopes to the team achieving the 11th position in the first lap, but during the 3rd one he pushes too much his ZX-10R and crashes again when he exits from the corner.

REGIS LACONI #55: “ Surely I saw a good improvement of the bike’s performances today but in race 1 I crashed together with Smrz when he involuntarily hit me. In race 2 I made a good start and reached the 11th position from the first lap. A good performance considering that I was starting from the 21st position but unfortunately I pushed too much entering the curve and I lost control when I opened the gas just after the turn. It has been a bad crash but without serious consequences except for a light pain of my wrist”.

MAKOTO TAMADA #100: “ As we had some difficulties to find a proper set up for this track I’ve been not able to achieve good results and I really wanted to give some satisfactions to the team after all the technicians did to increase my feeling with the bike. We surely reached better results than in the qualifying session of these last days but we are looking after something better then a 16th or 17th placement. We are aware that we are far away from the first riders but we still are determinate in reaching our goal. Now I’m waiting for Brands Hatch round. It will be the first time for me on that track, anyway I’m willing to work hard with the whole team to restore the feeling we lost with the bike”.