2006 Superbike World Championship
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra news
Preview: Round 6, San Marino, Misano - 25th June
POSITIVE APPROACH FOR TEAM ALSTARE.
After their disastrous weekend in Silverstone, Team Alstare
are going to round 6 of this year’s Superbike World
Championship at Misano in a positive frame of mind. All thoughts
of the last round have been banished and the team is looking
forward to San Marino and getting back on track again.
Misano is a track Troy knows well and, although the track
does favour twins, he is hoping that the good work done by
his team mate Yukio Kagayama in Brno last week will pay dividends.
Yukio has had a bit of a topsy-turvy season and although he
is not fully fit, he too is determined to get back on the
podium.
For Alstare Engineering rider Fabien Foret, the San Marino
round is the halfway point in what has been a difficult learning
year for the Frenchman. But in the Brno tests, he made a significant
step forward with his bike set-up and is now much happier
about his Misano prospects.
TROY
I’m obviously disappointed to have missed the Brno tests,
but I know that Yukio has done a good job there. The first
day of practice at Misano will be used to try out some of
the ideas from Brno and it’ll also be a chance for me
to ease myself back in the saddle after a lay-off of nearly
a month. Misano is quite a technical track and there are a
few places where you can either make up or lose time, so you
have to have a pretty good set-up and know what you’re
doing. It’s a track that seems to suit the twins and,
because it is their ‘home circuit’, Ducati will
be pulling out all the stops to win, but that will not stop
me from trying to spoil their party.
YUKIO
I think we did a lot of good work in Brno recently and now
I hope that all the information we collected can be put to
good use. Physically the three days in Brno were very tiring
because Troy-san was not there, but since then I have had
a chance to rest and I will be ready for Misano for sure.
Although I am not 100% fit, when I am on the bike I forget
about any discomfort and just ride. In Misano last year I
had a crash in the first race and I was sore in the second
and couldn’t push hard. It is not an easy track, but
I want to get my season back on track and take a podium or
two. This is my goal.
FABIEN
My learning curve continues and I am more happy after the
two days at Brno recently because I found a setting I really
liked. Now it is up to me to put it into practice in Misano
and score some good championship points. The season has not
panned out the way I thought, so Misano being half way would
be a good place to make a big improvement.
2005 results
Race 1: 1 Laconi (Ducati), 2 Vermeulen (Honda),
3 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), YUKIO KAGAYAMA
(J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF.
Race 2: Laconi, 2 Vermeulen, 3 TROY CORSER
(Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 12 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra).
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