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Stiggy Racing Honda>> West and Vizziello Take Points at Nurburgring

September 10 2009

Sunday, September 6

The Nurburgring hosted the 11th round in the World Supersport Championship, but in spite of the improved weather conditions at the German track the much expected progress in the Stiggy Racing Honda Supersport garage stayed out.
Gianluca Vizziello tested some new parts for his CBR600RR machine but found little progress in his practice sessions and started the German Supersport race from a low 24th place on the grid. The Italian made up for lost positions as he got off the line well and gradually progressed through the field to finish in 13th place.

Anthony West started off well in the wet conditions on Friday, but found his progress halted in the free practice session on Saturday morning when he crashed his number one machine and had to set up his second bike from scratch.
A less then perfect start and a difficult race saw him relegated to the lower regions of the sheets for most of the 19-laps around the Nurburgring. Anthony West worked his way forward in the last laps to finish the race in 15th place and maintains his sixth place in the championship standings.

Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow dominated the sheets all weekend and extended his lead in the championship by taking the win in the German Supersport race, followed by nearest rival Eugene Laverty and Joan Lascorz in third.

Gianluca Vizziello, 13th:
"I had a good start and the bike was running well. I was feeling strong since the warm-up this morning, but then I started having great problems with the visor of my helmet that kept fogging up. I constantly had to open and close the visor. I was feeling confident on the bike and I am glad I have brought it back to 13th after starting from a 23rd place."

Anthony West, 15th:
“It feels like a very disappointing weekend for me. I needed more time to set the machine up properly after crashing out on Saturday morning and found it hard to find the confidence. I struggled to push hard from the beginning of the race. I am far off from the results I would have liked to achieve here this weekend."

Johan Stigefelt - Team Manager:
"It was another difficult weekend for our Supersport riders. To be honest we are still puzzled why we struggle to get the results we are after. Anthony is still stiff from the crash he had in yesterday's practice. Both riders managed to takes some points home, but we are just too far behind and should be making progress in this part of the season."
 
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