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Ten Kate Honda>> Top ten for Kiyonari in the rain
September 05 2009
Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief
Ten Kate Honda Racing’s Ryuichi Kiyonari earned himself a provisional top ten grid position for Sunday’s two 11th-round World Superbike championship races at Nurburgring by setting the ninth fastest time in today’s opening qualifying session.
Provisional pole position was taken by Kiyonari’s Ten Kate Honda team-mate Jonathan Rea but the Japanese ace worked steadily with his crew today to make improvements to his Honda Genuine Accessories backed CBR1000RR Fireblade.
The 5.13km Nurburgring circuit in Germany is the second circuit at which Kiyonari has used the team’s new Ohlins suspension and he and his crew declared themselves satisfied with the progress made today.
Ryuichi Kiyonari – P9, 2’13.215s
My lap timer stopped working towards the end of the qualifying session but I think my last lap was looking OK until I nearly highsided at the final chicane and I was lucky not to crash. We made some progress today and the feeling is definitely continuing to improve, step by step. The new suspension is still a challenge, especially in the conditions we had today, but we are making forward steps – maybe two steps forward and then one back. But it is in the right direction!
Ronald ten Kate – team manager
Kiyonari-san is definitely showing that he is getting to grips with the new components a lot better now. During the summer break we spent a lot of time analysing data and creating new suspension settings. The work definitely paid off for Kiyo today and we’re looking for further improvements tomorrow.
1 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 2’11.278s
2 Tom Sykes (GBR) Yamaha 2’11.781s
3 Troy Croser (AUS) BMW 2’12.086s
4 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati 2’12.354s
5 Noriyuki Haga (JPN) Ducati 2’12.635s
6 Shane Byrne (GBR) Ducati 2’12.819s
9 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing 2’13.215s
12 Carlos Checa (ESP) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 2’15.863s
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