TEAM KAWASAKI PSG-1 CORSE
World Superbike Championship SBK 2008
Round 3: Valencia (Spain) 4-6 April
Sunday – Races
Great improvements on this day full of surprises and crashes on the Spanish circuit of Valencia. The hard work done by the Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse team brings satisfactions. Regis Laconi places in 8th position in race 1 followed by his team partner Makoto Tamada who pushed too much in race 2 trying to over passing his adversaries and he crashed. Regis Laconi gained instead the 9th position. Two battled competitions in front of the over 50.000 persons came to watch the round on an adverse track where 10 riders crashed in race 1.
Good news even from the Superstock where Yoann Tiberio, Pedercini Team’s rider supported by Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse, gained the 15th position.
An important day for the Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse which has been even honored by the presence of Claudio Maria Marciano di Scala, member of UNESCO VALENCIA, who officially conferred a medal to the merit to the Team Principal Pierguido Pagani for the high values that Kawasaki PSG-1 always transmit during the World Superbike Championship’s events as culture, humility and hospitality.
Regis Laconi: “ I’m surely looking after better result than the 8th position but we made great improvements. In race 1 I strongly accused the chattering and I had no grip in the bends but after the adjustements apported on the ZX-10R we almost eliminated it and in race 2 the feeling I had with the bike was certainly good. I made a good start in both races maintaining the rhythm and fighting until the end to defend the gained position. We’re on a good way and I want to thank the team which is really working hard”.
Makoto Tamada: “ I’m disappointed for what happened in race 2. I hadn’t make a good start so it has been difficult to over pass my adversaries in order to reach the first group. I was waiting for the good occasion but I waited too long and I started to become nervous so I started to push as soon as I saw the possibility but I crashed into the rider in front of me falling down. It’s a pity as the adjustements we made on suspensions increased a lot the grip and the bike was behaved well. Race 1 gave me satisfaction, not only for the result but because I maintained a good rhythm during all the race and at the end I still could increase it even if I missed the grip. Now we’ll go to Jerez for the test that precede next round at Assen track in Holland and we’ll work to be prepared”.
Race 1: 1. L. Lanzi (Ducati) 37’01.894; 2. T. Bayliss (Ducati) a 2.987; 3. T. Corser (Yamaha) 7.287; 4. F. Nieto (Suzuki) a 11.992; 5. C. Checa (Honda) a 12.824; 8. R. Laconi (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 13.906; 9. M. Tamada (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 17.254; 17. A. Badovini (Kawasaki Team Pedercini) a 44.405.
Race 2: 1. N. Haga (Yamaha) 37’03.759; 2. T. Bayliss (Ducati) a 1.551; 3. C. Checa (Honda) a 2.903; 4. R. Kiyonari (Honda) 7.277; 5. T. Corser (Yamaha) 8.051; 9. R. Laconi (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 17.234; M. Tamada (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) RIT.; 21. A. Badovini (Kawasaki Team Pedercini).
In Championship: 1. T. Bayliss (Ducati) 128; 2. F. Nieto (Suzuki) 80; 3. T. Corser (Yamaha) 72; 4. C. Checa (Honda) 72; 5. R. Xaus (Ducati) 68; R. Laconi (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) 16; 19. M. Tamada (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) 13.
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