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NIETO TWICE IN TOP TEN FOR PSG-1 KAWASAKI |
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Monday, 11 September 2006 |
NIETO TWICE IN TOP TEN FOR PSG-1 KAWASAKI
 PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse team rider Fonsi Nieto scored two top ten places
at a circuit both he and his teams knew would not be a straightforward
challenge for the Ninja ZX-10R to handle. His tenth and seventh place
finishes came after tough battles, but each PSG-1 rider played a part
on the day, despite some further unforeseen issues.
Brittish rider Chris Walker, winner of race 1 in Assen, was right
behind Nieto in race one, and tenth in race two, despite his rear tyre
spinning on the rim, unbalancing his machine.
Frenchman Regis
Laconi was 12th in race one, but in race two he had a ride-through
penalty for jump starting, and finished just 19th.
FONSI NIETO: 10th & 7th - 127 Points, 10th Overall:
“We know this track, we knew it would be very difficult in these
conditions. I thought even before we came here that it would be the
most difficult track for us all year. I thought that two finishes in
the top ten would have been OK and that is what we got, with a seventh
in race two. We had problems in race one with brakes and the tyre spun
on the rim, and then the balance went out, lots of chatter. I tried to
push at the beginning of race two, with a soft tyre in front, but my
start was not so good. I had to push hard at the end but the tyre was
finished.”
CHRIS WALKER: 11th & 10th - 134 Points, 8th Overall:
“Race two should have been better but the rear tyre spun on the rim.
The set up definitely felt better until that point but not much we
could do about the tyre movement.”
REGIS LACONI: 12th & 19th - 84 Points, 15th Overall:
“My jump start was not deliberate just I made a mistake and actually
lost my start completely. The problem was not the jump-start but having
such a bad start. But that's the way it was. I'm not very happy about
race one, after I made a mistake under braking when I was trying to
push hard. I was a little bit too excited. I thought the bike would be
better in race two but I could not use it because of the jump-start
penalty. A very hard track for the bike but it is getting better.”
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