World Superbike SBK 2008
Round 8: Santa Monica (San Marino) 27-29 June
Friday – Qualifying 1st session
KAWASAKI PSG-1 CORSE: GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
Regis Laconi and Makoto Tamada who took the 18th and 17th
qualifying time in free practice this morning, regained lost
ground during the qualifying session in the afternoon, when
they reached 6th and 12th placements, showing a clear improvement
at the Santa Monica’s track, where the 8th round will
be disputed on Sunday 29th June.
The technical choices adopted by the team as the sessions
wore on gave good results to Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse, which still
has the possibility to improve the riders’ overall positions.
REGIS LACONI #55: “This morning’s
result didn’t scare me as we used the free practice
session to verify the feeling with the bike and I have to
say that I’m really satisfied about it. I still feel
some chattering though, especially in the last two curves
of the track. Tomorrow we’ll focus on reducing the problem.
The most difficult thing is to keep our energies for Sunday’s
races, considering the high temperature of these days.”
MAKOTO TAMADA #100: “I used the first
free practice session this morning to study the track properly,
because it is partly changed from last season. Besides I also
improved the feeling with the ZX-10R, which wasn’t perfect
with my riding style earlier. First of all we changed the
swing arm to the new one, which has just arrived, and I quickly
felt a clear improvement. Now the bike is much more manageable
when braking, and as confirmation of that I regained almost
a second.”
FRANCESCO MASTRANDREA (Technical Director):
“We are satisfied about the results achieved considering
that we used the free practice session to gauge he feeling
of the riders with the bikes. Tomorrow we’ll focus on
satisfying Makoto’s requests regarding the set up of
his ZX-10R, while the technical team working with Regis will
use the time at its disposal to reduce the chattering experienced
by the rider especially in the last two bends.”
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