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Miller Motorsports Park Races, May 30 2011, Dry track conditions but still very cold weather at the Miller Motorsport Park in Salt Lake City today for the fifth round of the World Superbike championship.
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May 30 2011 - Miller Motorsports Park Races
Dry track conditions but still very cold weather at the Miller Motorsport Park in Salt Lake City today for the fifth round of the World Superbike championship. Due to the results obtained during yesterday’s qualifying sessions, Aitchison started from the fifth row and Rolfo from the sixth. In race one, after a good start, Rolfo was forced to re-enter the box
due to a faulty tyre. The team’s technicians changed the tyre in a few minutes and Roberto was able to rejoin the race, ending in seventeenth position. Aitchison obtained the sixteenth place very close to the points zone. Quite a good start for both the Pedercini team riders in race two. In the first laps Aitchison was eighteenth while Rolfo followed him in nineteenth position. Maintaining a good rhythm and assisted by some crashes at the front, Rolfo was able to make up some ground and finish the race in sixteenth position while Aitchison finished in seventeenth position.
Superbike race 1: 1) Checa (Ducati) – 2) Smrz (Ducati) - 3) Guintoli (Ducati) – 4)
Camier (Aprilia) – …... 16) Aitchison (Kawasaki) - 17) Rolfo (Kawasaki)
Superbike race 2: 1) Checa (Ducati) – 2) Camier (Aprilia ) - 3) Biaggi (Aprilia) – 4) Laverty (Yamaha) – …... 16) Aitchison (Kawasaki) - 17) Rolfo (Kawasaki)
Roberto Rolfo: “Not a good day today. In race one I was forced to re-enter the box to change a faulty rear tyre. I rejoined the race just to test my bike so as to be ready for the second race. Race two started well but I had to push really hard trying to reach the group of riders in front of me. Unfortunately after only a few laps my fuel tank was leaking fuel and I lost my rhythm. We still haven’t found the right settings for me and we just need to work hard on this. I want to thank all my technicians for their great work here at Miller and I hope to achieve better results starting from the very next home race in Misano”.
Mark Aitchison: “Today seemed to be quite a difficult day for us. We were fortunate enough to get some dry weather during both our races, but overall we had major problems with rear tyre degredation in both races. In the first race after around six laps, our rear tyre performance dropped quite considerably and as a result my lap times were not so fast and I closed in 16th place. During the second race I managed to get a good start and battle with a few of the others riders in the beginning which I enjoyed, but again after around 10-12 laps my level of rear grip dropped quickly and I could not maintain the same lap times, finishing 17th. In any case I believe we have had a good weekend, we are learning more about the bike all the time and I really believe once we resolve a few small issues regarding tyre wear and improve the bike’s balance a little, we can be a lot more competitive in future races. I would like to thank my team for all their hard work throughout this weekend".
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