2007 Superstock 1000 FIM Cup
Round 1, Europe, Donington, GB
Circuit: 4.023 kms. Crowd: 51,000 (3-day). Conditions: Dry,
sunny/cloudy 9-13C
SUPER SEVENTH FOR XAVI!
Despite starting in nineteenth place on the grid, Team Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra rider Xavier Simeon finished in seventh
place in the first round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup at
Donington today. The race took place in mostly sunny, but
very cold , conditions, with Xavi making a superb start when
the lights turned to green. Amazingly he was in eighth place
at the end of lap one, but there was too much traffic for
him to fight through to be able to advance much further then
seventh in the short eight lap race. The race itself was won
by Nicola Canepa (DucatI), with Claudio Corti (Yamaha) second
and Didier Van Keymeulen (Yamaha) third.
XAVI - 7th,
I suppose I should be happy with seventh, considering my starting
position on the grid. I suppose I feel a bit frustrated because
if I had been able to qualify higher then I might have been
able to challenge for a podium place. Starting from nineteenth
was not how I envisaged my debut on this class and I really
wanted to get the season off to a flying start. If the weather
had been better on the first day and I hadn’t had a
tyre problem on day two, things might have been quite different.
But that’s racing and I have to put today behind me
and concentrate on the next race in Valencia. I hope that
my qualifying goes a lot better there and I can finish on
the podium.
Results
Race 1: Canepa (I-Ducati), 2 Corti (I-Yamaha),
3 Van Keymeulen (NL-Yamaha), 4 Aitchison (Aus-Suzuki), 5 Baiocco
(I-Yamaha), 6 Dionisi (I-Suzuki), 7 Xavier Simeon (B-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra),
Points: 1 Canepa 25, 2 Corti 20, 3 Van Keymeulen
16, 4 Aitchison 13, 5 Baiocco 11, 6 Dionisi 10, 7 Xavier Simeon
(B-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 9,
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