HODGSON TESTS RIZLA SUZUKI
 Former
World and British Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson will test
the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire
this Wednesday and Thursday in a bid to boost the team's performance
during the second half of the 2007 BSB season.
Isle of Man resident Hodgson (34) has been drafted in for
this test by Rizla Suzuki so he can apply his considerable
depth of experience and talent to the GSX-R1000 and suggest
fresh ideas that will assist the team to be as competitive
as possible.
The 2000 British Superbike Champion and 2003 World Superbike
Champion is no stranger to tight twisty tracks like the 2.173-mile
long Cadwell Park after spending two years on the challenging
circuits of the American Superbike Championship. Without a
race seat in 2007, he has already been used by a leading MotoGP
team as a test and development rider and will now use those
skills for Rizla Suzuki.
"I am thrilled and excited to have the opportunity to
test the Rizla Suzuki," said Hodgson. "My aim is
to use my experience to give Rizla Suzuki another opinion
or direction on the performance of its race bikes. I've been
keeping in shape and I am sharp so I can't wait to get going."
Rizla Suzuki's regular riders will not be attending the test
at Cadwell Park but will be keeping close tabs on progress
through Team Manager Simon Buckmaster.
"I have always maintained that Rizla Suzuki will use
every means at its disposal to be as competitive as possible
and Neil testing our bike and giving us a fresh opinion is
simply another approach to improving performance," explained
Buckmaster. "We hope that we can come away from Cadwell
Park with new direction and improved performance for us to
take to Knockhill and the seventh round of the Championship
in just over a week's time."
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