Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra news
2006 Superbike World Championship
Preview: Round 5, Silverstone, GB, 28th May
TEAM ALSTARE READY FOR SILVERSTONE
The fifth round of this year’s Superbike World Championship
takes place at Silverstone - a former RAF airstrip in Northamptonshire,
UK. Silverstone is a fairly flat circuit, with a few different
layouts and last season Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider
Troy Corser took a pair of runner-up spots in the two 28-lap
races. His team mate Yukio Kagayama had won a brilliant Superpole
on the Saturday but a crash in the first race put him out
of contention - though he did remount and finished eleventh.
In the second race, he fared little better - finishing seventh.
Team Alstare Engineering Corona Extra rider Fabien Foret didn’t
race in the Superbike class last season, but is looking forward
to riding his GSX-R1000 this year and will be searching for
a pair of solid top ten places.
TROY
I almost won a race at Silverstone last time and it would
be good to get a win or two under my belt this year and put
pressure on Bayliss. Depending on which layout they use, Silverstone
could be a good track for our bike, so I am hoping that they
chose a good one! It has been a tough season so far - but
we all knew it was going to be like that. The racing has been
very good for the fans I’m sure, but it’s about
time we (or somebody) else got the better of the Ducati. We
have been losing out to them, exiting the turns, so we have
to find a way round that problem if we are to beat them. We’ll
try a few ideas in practice and see if we can solve our problem.
YUKIO
I do not have good memories of Silverstone last year - except
my Superpole victory. This year has not been so good and I
have had too many crashes so far. I have been trying very
hard - my usual style - and maybe I have been trying too hard.
It is difficult for me to change my style, but I have to do
something to get back on the podium, because I miss it!
FABIEN
Last year I was on a Supersport bike, so I will have to start
learning the Silverstone track all over again. My understanding
of my new bike will carry on at Silverstone and I will be
going all-out for a good qualifying position (in Superpole)
and then a couple of good top ten finishes. I know I improve
every time I go out on the bike. My only hope is that the
weather is good, because I do not racing so much in the wet.
Silverstone has seen mixed weather in the past few years,
but I hope we have three good, dry days so that I can learn
a lot in the maximum amount of time.
2004 results
Troy Corser - Race 1: 2nd, Race 2: 2nd
Yukio Kagayama - Race 1: 11th, race 2: 7th
Fabien Foret - DNS
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