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Team Pedercini - Assen Preview, April 12 2011, The third official round of the World Superbike championship and the first round of the
Superstock 1000 FIM Cup will be held at the Dutch TT-Assen circuit, in The Netherlands, on
April 15-16-17 2011.
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April 12 2011 - Team Pedercini - Assen Preview
The third official round of the World Superbike championship and the first round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup will be held at the Dutch TT-Assen circuit, in The Netherlands, on April 15-16-17 2011. The legendary Circuit van Drenthe is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and considered "the Cathedral" of motorcycling by the fans. The track, whose foundations were laid during the first Dutch TT in 1925, forms an integral part of the surrounding natural area. Following a major renovation project, which started in September 1998 and was completed in the spring of 2008, it has capacity for 100,000 spectators, including 60,000 seats. The current track has a length of 4,542 meters and the longest straight is 560 meters.
Circuit main characteristics:
Length: m.4.542
Pole Position: left
Longest straight: m.560
Left turns: 6
Right turns: 11
Superbike - lap record: Jonathan Rea - 2010 - 1’36”312
Superbike - best lap: Jonathan Rea - 2010 - 1’34”944
Superstock 1000 lap record : Maxime Berger - 2010 - 1’39”227
Superstock 1000 best lap : Maxime Berger - 2010 - 1’39”105
Just one week after the fantastic victory of Roberto Rolfo in Misano in the Italian Superbike Championship, Team Pedercini’s riders will race in Assen for the third round of the Superbike World Championship. The team is continuing to improve performances with the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R while Rolfo and Aitchison are looking to find the right feeling with their bikes. In the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup Leandro Mercado, Marco Bussolotti and Bryan Staring appear to be all set for the 2011 season. All three riders have shown their speed on the new ZX-10R, front runners in the first race of the Superstock 1000 Italian Championship in Misano.
Roberto Rolfo: “My win in the Italian Superbikes in Misano boosted both my morale and that of the team because we were finally able to see the fruit of the work we had put in at Phillip Island and Donington. At Misano we found a good set-up for my Ninja and so we’ll go from there this weekend at Assen. I really like the track as it is very technical and hard work. I’m confident and hope to do well in Sunday’s races, for my team and for all my fans.”
Mark Aitchison: In Donington we collected a lot of valuable data that will enable us to refine our bike setting and hopefully make me more comfortable on the bike throughout the upcoming weekend. So really the goal for Assen in the first two days of practice and qualifying is to regain the feeling that I had with the bike in Phillip Island. Once I get this sensation back, I can really start to push for better lap times and look for some race consistency. I am enjoying my time with the Pedercini Team in World Superbike and I am learning every time I ride the bike and look forward to repaying the team for their hard work during our two races at the famous Assen circuit".
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