Bruising experience for Foggy PETRONAS Racing at Silverstone
 Foggy
PETRONAS Racing riders Craig Jones and Steve Martin finished
the fifth round of the Superbike World Championship battered
and bruised after a harrowing race day at Silverstone.
Craig crashed on the first lap of the first race and, although
he took his place on the grid for the re-start, he decided
not to go out on the warm-up lap because of concussion, which
also forced him to miss the afternoon race.
Steve, still recovering from injuries sustained in a heavy
crash on Friday, suffered another painful high-side in the
20-minute morning warm-up session and struggled throughout
the first 19 laps of the first race before he was black-flagged
when smoke was seen from his bike.
The second race did not provide any respite for Steve, who
was forced to retire after nine laps when his engine over-heated.
Craig said: “I was really looking
forward to this race and felt good in morning warm-up. I think
I would have finished in the points but the crash was partly
my fault, although a whole host of things popped up in front
of me that I had no control over. I now just want to make
a real go of it at the next round in Misano, which is another
track I enjoyed testing at.”
Steve said: “I was struggling physically
in the first race but I also had a problem with the preload
adjustor, which meant that the back of the bike was sinking
and made it really hard to ride. Then oil from the adjustor
got onto the muffler and I was black-flagged when they saw
the smoke from that. Although it wasn’t serious I guess
it is in everyone’s interests to show the black flag
in those circumstances. In the second race the bike was getting
hotter and hotter and I didn’t know how hot it would
go before something major happened so I had to come in. I’m
looking forward to the next couple of weeks because my body
is pretty battered.”
Race two results, Superbike World Championship round
5, Silverstone, UK: 1 Bayliss; 2 Haga +1.585; 3 Toseland
+12.058; 4 Pitt +14.561; 5 Barros +16.826; 6 Corser +21.230;
7 Xaus +22.056; 8 Walker +22.549; 9 Muggeridge +22.708; 10
Nieto +34.025; 11 Abe +34.739; 12 Hill +35.112; 13 Kagayama
+35.518; 14 Laconi +36.322; 15 Fabrizio +47.850
Race one results: 1 Bayliss (Ducati Xerox);
2 Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) +0.890; 3 Toseland (Winston Ten
Kate Honda) +1.705; 4 Xaus (Sterilgarda Berik) +8.285; 5 Pitt
(Yamaha Italia) +12.303; 6 Walker (PSG-1 Kawasaki) +23.716;
7 Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki) +25.483; 8 Muggeridge +26.049; 9
Barros (Klaffi Honda) +29.650; 10 Abe (Yamaha France) +32.208;
11 Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki) +39.607; 12 Hill (Virgin Mobile
Yamaha) +41.550; 13 Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) +41.935; 14 Kagayama
(Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) +50.385; 15 Nannelli (DFX Treme)
+52.726
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