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Team Pedercini - CIV Mugello races, October 23 2011, It was a sad day today at Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello as news spread of the untimely death of Marco Simoncelli in the Malaysian GP race in Sepang.
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October 23 2011 - Team Pedercini - CIV Mugello races
It was a sad day today at Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello as news spread of the untimely death of Marco Simoncelli in the Malaysian GP race in Sepang. The final round of the Superstock 1000 and Superbike Italian championships took place at the Italian track today. In the Superstock 1000 category, team Pedercini lined up with rider Billy McConnell. Billy is an Australian rider participating in the British Supersport championship. The Mugello circuit was a completely new experience for him but he was able to learn the technical Italian circuit very quickly, reaching the sixteenth place and the fourth row for today’s 14 lap Superstock race. Both Marco Bussolotti and Tati Mercado started from the second row of the grid, in sixth and eighth position respectively. Mercado made a very good start to reach fourth place while Bussolotti was lying in thirteenth and McConnell fifteenth. As the race progressed, Mercado moved up into third place while Bussolotti and McConnell made up a lot of positions to reach respectively tenth and thirteenth position. Unfortunately during the eighth lap McConnell crashed, though was thankfully unhurt. Mercado finished the race in style, crossing the line in third place to take his first podium of the season while Bussolotti closed in tenth. In the Superstock 1000 Italian championship standings Bussolotti concluded in overall fourth place with 74 points. Mercado was sixth with 57 points.
Mugello - Superstock 1000 CIV race - 1) Petrucci (Ducati) – 2) Savadori (Ducati) – 3) Mercado (Kawasaki) – 4) Clementi (BMW) …….. 10) Bussolotti (Kawasaki) ……. Ret) McConnell (Kawasaki)
Marco Bussolotti: “I’m really disappointed because after a good start I began to have problems with the rear tyre. After few laps I couldn’t ride my bike as I wanted to and I lost some positions. Without this problem I think I could have stayed inside the top three or four. We have lost a good opportunity to gain a strong result. Unfortunately I couldn’t really chase the riders in front of me and the only thing I could do was try and finish the race.”
Tati Mercado: “It was a long and difficult race. After a good start I fought with Clementi for third place throughout the entire race and I was able to hold my position even though he pushed hard to pass me in the last laps. I’m happy with the result but I’m really sad for Simoncelli and want to dedicate this podium to him.”
Billy McConnell: “It was my first time in Mugello, my first time with Kawasaki and with the Pedercini team. It was a really great experience for me because team Pedercini is like a big family and I enjoyed working with them. Unfortunately on Friday we lost a lot of time due to a technical problem and I was able to test my new bike only on Saturday. In any case I’m satisfied because I improved every time I went out on track. This year I have used a Supersport bike and so it was not easy to adapt my riding style to the Superstock. I’m disappointed only because I crashed. I’m really sorry for the team and I want to thank all of them for their great support over the entire weekend”.
In the final Superbike race of the 2011 CIV championship, Fulvio Faccietti started from the fifth row of the grid in nineteenth position. Faccietti’s start was not so bad and he was nineteenth in the first laps of the race. As the race progressed, Fulvio was unfortunately unable to increase his race pace, closing today in seventeenth position. Faccietti was fifteenth in the Italian Superbike championship final standings.
Mugello - Superbike race – 1) Polita (Ducati) – 2) Sandi (Ducati) – 3) Conforti (Ducati) – 4) Baiocco (Ducati) – 5) Nannelli (Ducati) – 6) Mauri (Aprilia) ………….. 17) Faccietti (Kawasaki)
Fulvio Faccietti: “It wasn’t an easy race and I was honestly hoping for a better race to end the Italian Superbike championship. In the first laps I was not able to find the right feeling with my bike and I increased my pace only in the last few laps. It was then too late to reach a good result. I want to thank all my team for their fantastic work, not only over this weekend but throughout the whole season.”
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