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2006 Superbike World Championship - Round Seven - Brno, Czech Republic - July 21/22/23 - Coverage by MCNEWS.COM.AU |
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2006 Superbike World Championship - Round Seven - Brno, Czech Republic - July 21/22/23 - Coverage by MCNEWS.COM.AU |
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After a difficult Friday and
Saturday morning, Troy’s race prospects were not looking good.
On Saturday afternoon, he was so fed up with being unable to
find a good set-up for the Brno circuit, he decided to use his
team mate Yukio’s set-up instead. In the first race, although
the bike felt more comfortable, Troy still suffered with a lack
of grip throughout the 20-lapper, but kept pushing as hard as he
could and ended fifth. Troy’s team mate Yukio Kagayama won the
race after a long battle with James Toseland (Honda). Third went
to Michel Fabrizio (Honda) who had charged past Troy and Haga
(Yamaha) with just two laps to go. In race two Troy, started a bit tentatively, but then upped his pace to get with the leaders Kagayama and Haga with three laps to go. He dived past Haga on the last lap, but a reckless move by Fabrizio two corners from the end almost took Troy and Haga out. If Troy hadn’t picked up his bike, all three would’ve gone down. To compound the matter, Fabrizio then contrived to hit Haga as he tried to squeeze through a gap that wasn’t there. Kagayama took the win - to make it his first WSBK double - and somehow Fabrizio managed to take second, ahead of Haga and Troy. TROY - Race 1: 5th, Race 2: 4th On Friday and Saturday morning we were lost and didn’t really know which direction would be the best for us. So we took Yukio’s set-up and started working with it. It was definitely better then anything we’d tried, but I guess that’s because Yukio tested here for three days and I didn’t - thanks to being ill at the time. So, maybe fourth and a fifth is not too bad, - it’s certainly better then anything I’d hope for on Saturday morning! But I’m not at all satisfied this weekend. I had some grip problems in the first race, so we changed the balance and front and rear ride height for race two. It was an improvement for sure but, because it was more or less Yukio’s set-up, it took me a while to get used to it and by then the leaders were gone. As I began to get more familiar with how the bike was working, I was able to push harder and I started reeling in the lead group. At that point, I really thought that I’d be able to get at least a third or maybe a second. I passed Haga to go second briefly, but suddenly Fabrizio appeared and made a couple of desperate moves. If I hadn’t picked up my bike when he made his move I would’ve hit him and we’d both gone down, taking Nori (Haga) with us as well. There’s racing and there’s desperation. And that was definitely desperation. I know he’s a young kid, but it could’ve all ended very badly. He’s lucky that both Nori and I saw him and lifted our bikes up, or it would’ve been a disaster. That happened in the last two turns of the last lap, so neither Nori nor I had time to respond, but I can tell you that I was gutted. After I had crossed the line I was so frustrated that I was sick - but I managed to get my helmet open first! |
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