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World Superbike SBK: Sweet and Sour Result for Kawasaki Corse July 25, 2007

The Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse team goes home quite satisfied from the Czech land. Even with some technical problems both Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laconi conquered important points trying to get the best from a day difficult to interpretate. Positive performance of Vittorio Iannuzzo who has been able to finish both the races even if with some chattering problems, taking home some points.

FONSI NIETO:

” Today we have been annoyed from electrical problems. In race 1 I realized that there was something wrong with the bike and after 4 laps I went back into the box. In race 2 we changed the engine and we strictly checked everything but the problem appeared again making me not able to do a good start. Then things started to go better and I tried to push harder. The 8th position is anyway a good result but I wanted something more on this track where I really could do very well”.

REGIS LACONI:

” I didn’t start well in race 1 and it has been difficult to reduce the gap. At the middle of the race the rear tyre hadn’t grip anymore and I risked to crash; beside I have been lucky not to fall down when Muggeridge hit me. In race 2 I tried to take advantage of the wet conditions and I took some risks to reach a good position from the beginning. But I had no grip in the last laps and it has been extremely hard to stand on the bike”.

VITTORIO IANNUZZO:

” Take home two good placements is a good result even if I was expecting something more. In race 1 the bike started to suffer some chattering after some laps and my only goal was to finish the race without taking any risk. In race 2 we still had the same problem but the race pace was better. My satisfaction has been to finish the race behind a rider of a certain weight as Regis”.

Race 1: 1. J. Toseland (Honda) 41′02.730; 2. M. Biaggi (Suzuki) a 0.237; 3. Y. Kagayama (Suzuki) a 1.185; 4. N. Haga (Yamaha) a 2.403; 5. R. Rolfo (Honda) a 3.472; 11. R. Laconi (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 32.796; 12. M. Sanchini (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 1′01.538; 13. V. Iannuzzo (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 1′01.983; F. Nieto (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) RIT.

Race 2: 1. M. Biaggi (Suzuki) 38′53.022; 2. J. Toseland (Honda) a 1.510; 3. M. Fabrizio (Honda) a 5.419; 4. N. Haga (Yamaha) a 6.765; 5. R. Rolfo (Honda) a 7.910; 8. F. Nieto (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 24.191; 14. R. Laconi (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 40.453; 15. V. Iannuzzo(Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) a 57.284.

Championship: 1. J. Toseland (Honda) 305; 2. M. Biaggi (Suzuki) 262; 3. N. Haga (Yamaha) 260; 4. T. Bayliss (Ducati) 249; 5. T. Corser (Yamaha) 191; 11. R. Laconi (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) 83; 14. F. Nieto (Team Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) 58.