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Donington Park SBK Races, March 27 2011, Cold and cloudy weather, but a dry track surface today at Donington Park for the second round of the World Superbike Championship. Team Pedercini’s riders worked hard with their technicians to make some last minute adjustments to the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R bikes during the morning warm-up, in order to be ready for the races.
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March 27 2011 - Donington Park SBK Races
Cold and cloudy weather, but a dry track surface today at Donington Park for the second round of the World Superbike Championship. Team Pedercini’s riders worked hard with their technicians to make some last minute adjustments to the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R bikes during the morning warm-up, in order to be ready for the races. Due to their difficult qualifying session yesterday, Mark Aitchison and Roberto Rolfo lined up on the fifth row of the grid. In race one, and having made a good start, Rolfo and Aitchison were unable to find good race pace due to some setting problems, meaning that they finished in fourteenth and fifteenth position respectively, collecting a total of three championship points. In race two, the riders and the team’s technical staff decided to make extensive changes to both the bikes. The new solutions helped the bikes’ overall performance but were not enough to give the riders the right feeling so as to be able to fight against the fastest riders. Rolfo obtained the fifteenth position while Aitchison closed in sixteenth.
Superbike – Race one : 1) Melandri (Yamaha) – 2) Smrz Ducati) – 3) Checa (Ducati) – 4) Haslam (BMW) - 5) Rea (Honda)............ 14) Rolfo (Kawasaki) – 15) Aitchison (Kawasaki)
Superbike – Race two: 1) Checa (Ducati) – 2) Melandri (BMW ) – 3) Camier (Aprilia) – 4) Haslam (BMW) – 5) Lascorz (Kawasaki) .....15) Rolfo (Kawasaki) – 16) Aitchison (Kawasaki)
Roberto Rolfo: “Of course I’m not satisfied with my results today even though I collected three points for the championship. In race one it was really very difficult for me to ride my bike with worn tyres. I was not able to keep up my race pace and I lost contact with the riders in front of me. For race two we decided to make extensive changes to the bike and because of this decision the first laps of the second race were very difficult too. I lost some time understanding how best to control my Kawasaki, but then from mid-race I was able to increase my pace and I think it was a good solution. We’ll start working on this new set up at the next round in Assen. I want to thank my whole team. They are doing a fantastic job especially considering the short time we’ve had”.
Mark Aitchison: “Today was a day that has been very difficult. In both races we experimented with slightly different geometry setting to find a better direction and feeling, but unfortunately we have not found the best solution at this point. During the weekend it was important for us to test some new solution and to collect valuable data for the future races. I enjoyed my second race and look forward to improving our position for the upcoming races in Assen. I would like to thank my team for working so hard over the entire weekend”.
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