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Steady start for Airwaves Ducatti at Thruxton |
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
The Airwaves Ducati team performed well in practice at round two of the British
Superbike championship yesterday. Shane Byrne finished the day with a 2nd and 4th
place and Leon Camier secured a 7th and 12th.
With windy conditions at the Hampshire circuit, the Airwaves Ducati riders
completed an impressive 112 laps in the two 50 minute practices. Shane’s fastest
time of the day, 1:15.970 placed him top for much of the second session but he
was pushed into 4th in the final 15 minutes. Leon Camier completed more laps
throughout the day than anyone else in the field, with his quickest lap of
1:17.371 coming on lap 5 of 30 in second practice.
Following a tough day
on the track Leon commented; “I have had better days and I am looking to improve
significantly tomorrow. I have struggled today and physically have not felt
happy. I think I was trying too hard and it just wasn’t happening for me.
Tomorrow I need to chill out and ride my Airwaves Ducati the way I know I
can.”
Shane was positive about his performance saying, “I feel practice
has gone well for me today. I have done a lot of laps and worked hard with my
Pirelli tyres, including trying out some different compounds. There were a few
spots of rain this afternoon which stopped me in the middle of a race run but I
was pleased with how the Airwaves Ducati was feeling. I know a few people have
gone faster than me this afternoon but I’m pleased with my race pace and I am
confident we will put in a good performance in qualifying
tomorrow.”
Qualifying for round two of the British Superbike championship
starts at 14.15pm tomorrow, Saturday April 19th.
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