2007 Superstock 1000 FIM Cup Round 7, Brno, CZ
Sunday 22nd July
Crowd: 55,000 (3-day) Circuit: 5.403 kms
Weather: Dry, 24 C.
XAVIER TAKES HIS MAIDEN VICTORY!
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Xavier Simeon rode
to victory at Brno today after battling with Ayrton Badovini
(MV) and Matteo Baiocco (Yamaha) throughout the 12-lapper.
It is his first win in the Superstock 1000 class but, judging
by the way he took the win, it will surely be the first of
many. Xavier and Badovini swapped the lead several times during
the race but none could gain an advantage and it looked as
if the result would go all the way down to the wire. On the
very last lap, Xavier was in the lead going into the first
long left-hander. Badovini tried to pass Xavier into the next
turn, but overdid it and was spat off his MV and crashed out.
From then on in, Xavier had a relatively comfortable run to
the flag, though he had to keep a careful watch on Baiocco
who was close behind and waiting for any mistake by the young
Belgian. But Xavier made no mistakes and took the chequered
flag by over eight tenths of a second. Claudio Corti (Yamaha)
took third place, with Mark Aitchison (Suzuki) fourth, Michele
Pirro (Yamaha) fifth and Rene Mahr (Yamaha) sixth.
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I am so happy to take this win and the first thing I have
to do is thank my team for providing me with a great bike
and thank Francis Batta for having faith in me and asking
me to ride for his team. Everything today worked out perfectly.
I led the first lap, but then when Pirro and Badovini took
the lead, I didn’t panic at all. I just watched them
and tried to work out where I could make a pass. Badovini
and I had a great fight in the last few laps and I think we
exchanged the lead several times. I led on the last lap and
was a bit surprised when Badovini tried to go past me on the
approach to a right-hander. I think he must have given his
bike a bit too much gas and down he went. After that all I
had to ride smoothly and the victory was mine. I can’t
tell you how happy I was to see the chequered flag and take
my first win in this class. Now that I have taken my first
win, I’m sure I can do it again.
Results
1 Xavier Simeon (B-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra), 2 Baiocco
(I-Yamaha), 3 Corti (I-Yamaha), 4 Aitchison (Aus-Suzuki),
5 Pirro (I-Yamaha), 6 Mahr (A-Yamaha)
Points: 1 Baiocco 115, 2 Aitchison 100,
3 Xavier Simeon (B-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 96, 4 Canepa
80, 5 Corti 80, 6 Dionisi 77,
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