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Silverstone SBK STK preview, July 28 2010, The tenth round of the Superbike World Championship and the seventh round of the Superstock 1000 FMI Cup will take place over the weekend of July 30th, 31st and August 1st at the historic Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, UK.
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July 28 2010 - Silverstone SBK STK preview
The tenth round of the Superbike World Championship and the seventh round of the Superstock 1000 FMI Cup will take place over the weekend of July 30th, 31st and August 1st at the historic Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, UK. This round will be an eagerly awaited return to Silverstone for the World Superbike Championship, which last raced here in 2007. Silverstone was opened as a World War Two airfield in 1943, near the leafy village of the same name. The Royal Automobile Club was interested in Silverstone as a potential site and approached the Air Ministry in 1948 and a lease was arranged. On October 2nd, 1948, amid straw bales and ropes, Silverstone's first event took place, the RAC Grand Prix. In 1951, the British Racing Drivers' Club took over the lease from the RAC and set about turning the temporary airfield track into something more permanent. Much work was done at circuits all round the country to improve safety during the 1960s. The winter of 1974/75 saw extensive work at the circuit. In addition to the construction of a new pits complex with 44 garages – opened by the Duke of Edinburgh. The famous Silverstone Grand Prix track underwent major revisions for the 1991 F1 British Grand Prix. It remained one of the fastest tracks on the F1 calendar. Further track revisions to reduce speeds came in June 1994 and by 2003 Silverstone had opened its gates to a vastly improved road infrastructure. Back in 1950 Silverstone was the birthplace of today's FIA Formula One World Championship and remains one of the world's most historic tracks.
Circuit length: 5.902 km
Pole position: left
Corners left: 10
Corners right: 8
SBK Race distance: 18 laps = 106.236 km
The Pedercini Team will tackle a new track this weekend as the Superbike calendar takes them to the new Silverstone circuit in UK. Roger Lee Hayden is just back from Laguna Seca in the U.S.A. where he participated to the MotoGP race, reaching an excellent eleventh place. Matteo Baiocco spent the last two weeks after Brno race in the gym and he trained by running and biking to be ready for Silverstone.
Roger Lee Hayden: "I’m just back from the U.S.A. as I raced in MotoGP Laguna Seca race. It was an exciting experience for me also because I reached the eleventh place that’s an amazing position that I have never reached in Superbike, I've never been to Silverstone and so I'm excited to go there. It will be good to ride a completely unknown track and as it is new to everyone, it means that no one has any particular advantage. All I know of the track so far is what my brother Nicky told me and he said that Silverstone is a great track and so I'm really looking forward to it."
Matteo Baiocco: “After Brno races the feeling with my bike is better and I’m now more confident for concerning the remaining races of the season. Silverstone will be a new circuit for all of us and I’m eager to get to know this new track. I’m sure I’ll need less time to find the right setting of my Kawasaki ZX10R. I hope the weather will be good enough for a dry race because I want to reach the best possible result for both me and for my team”.
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