World Superbike Championship SBK 2008
Round 7: Nürburgring (Germany) 13-15 June
Sunday – Races
IMPORTANT POINTS FOR LACONI AND TAMADA
At the end of today’s race at the Nürburgring
race track, Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse’s riders Makoto Tamada
and Regis Laconi took home 10 and 8 points respectively.
In race 1 the French rider Regis Laconi had a problem with
the front tyre which descended too much when engaging the
clutch and as such finished in 14th. In race 2, thanks to
his team’s hard work the problem was solved, he restored
his feeling with his ZX-10R and finished the race in 10th
position.
Even the Japanese rider Makoto Tamada is satisfied with the
results he achieved today considering the grid position he
started from. Although having two bad starts in each race,
Makoto recovered from this by reaching 9th place in race 1
and the 13th in race 2 respectively.
REGIS LACONI #55: “In race 1, I had
a problem with the front end which was going down too much
whenever I grabbed the clutch entering the corners. I just
couldn’t be smooth with my movements and it was difficult
to take the right trajectory going into the corners. It was
definitely much better in race 2, the team solved the problem
in collaboration with Öhlins and the front end became
much more manageable specially in changing direction. Unfortunately
I didn’t make a good start compromising my final result
but I’m happy anyway because we improved both the front
and the rear of the bike”.
MAKOTO TAMADA #100: “I didn’t
start as I wanted too in race 1 but I began to recover positions
from the 1st corner when I took the inside line. In this way
I reached a good position from the 1st lap maintaining it
for the whole race. I had a good feeling with the bike and
the temperature was perfect for the tyres I chose. In the
middle of the race I started to push even more to reach Nieto
but I was at the limit and I didn’t want to take the
risk and crash. In race 2 I had another bad start as well
and it’s quite difficult to overtake on this track so
I was not able to recover so many positions. I thought it
may rain so I started to push a bit more but the red flag
went out as it start to spit before I could improve anymore.
For sure I wanted to achieve a better result but I can be
satisfied with my race results considering the grid position
I was started from. We’ll work hard during the time
before the next round at Misano, I really want to give a great
result to the team as it really deserve it and its their home
round”.
Race1:1. N. Haga (Yamaha) 39’19.427;
2. T. Bayliss (Ducati) a 2.025; 3. M. Neukirchner (Suzuki)
a 2.792; 4. T. Corser (Yamaha) a 5.458; 5. C. Checa (Honda)
a 10.225; 9. M. Tamada (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 21.162; 14.
R. Laconi (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 26.288.
Race 2: 1. N. Haga (Yamaha) 27’26.594;
2. T. Corser (Yamaha) a 0.150; 3. M. Neukirchner (Suzuki)
a 5.316; 4. T. Bayliss (Ducati) a 7.651; 5. C. Checa (Honda)
a 7.951; 10. R. Laconi (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 13.559; 13.
M. Tamada (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 17.946.
In Championship: 1. T. Bayliss (Ducati)
227; 2. C. Checa (Honda) 188; 3. M. Neukirchner (Suzuki) 176;
4. N. Haga (Yamaha) 172; 5. T. Corser (Yamaha) 154; 16. M.
Tamada (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) 41; 17. R. Laconi (Kawasaki
PSG-1 Corse) 36.
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