2007 Superbike World Championship
Preview: Round 5, Assen, Netherlands - 29th April
MAX AND YUKIO READY FOR ASSEN
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Max Biaggi and team
mate Yukio Kagayama are looking forward to Assen for different
reasons. For Max it will be another chance to put pressure
on current series leader James Toseland in his title challenge.
For Yukio, it will be a chance to end a disappointing run
and get back his form and confidence.
Although Max has raced many times at Assen before, this will
be his first time on the newly revised circuit, so he will
have to start all over from scratch when practice first begins.
Yukio rode the revised track last year, failing to finish
the first race, which was held in atrocious conditions, but
he made up for that by taking a superb fourth in race two.
Max
I like Assen, but I don’t know how it will be for me
now because the circuit has changed since the last time I
was there. Most of the Superbike regulars were there last
year, so I will be at a small disadvantage because I will
have to relearn the track before I can push hard. But normally
I learn tracks pretty quick, so I don’t think it’ll
be a big problem. I am enjoying this Superbike format a lot
and I have no problems at all doing two races a day. It gives
you two chances to do well, so if you miss out in the first
race, there is always the second to do a good job.
Yukio
Normally I like Assen, but last year’s first race was
not so good because of the very bad weather. The rain was
terrible and there was much standing water on the track and
that made it very difficult. The second was much better and
I had a good fight with Bayliss for most of the race. This
year has been a bit strange for me and I have missed too many
races because of injury. My aim for Assen is to have a good
qualifying, be right up with the top guys in both races and
score some good points. I need two good finishes for sure.
2006 results
Race 1: 1 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 2 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 3 Fabrizio
(I-Honda), Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra)
DNF,
Race 2: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Pitt, 3 Nieto (E-Kawasaki)
, 4 Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF,
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