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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda >> Rea doubles up on Silverstone podium

August 02 2010

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider, Jonathan Rea, finished second in both today’s tenth round World Superbike championship races at Silverstone in the UK. The two 18-lap encounters around the revised 5.902km Silverstone circuit were won by British rider Cal Crutchlow, with Leon Haslam and Leon Camier each taking a third place to make two all-British podiums.

Starting from second place on the grid, Rea, 23, grabbed the holeshot in both outings, leading the first for the opening eleven laps as he and Crutchlow built a commanding lead over third placed Haslam.

Race two was almost a carbon copy, with Rea leading until lap 15, when Crutchlow again hit the front and made a break for the flag. The results strengthened Rea’s hold on third place in the championship.

After two difficult qualifying sessions, Rea’s Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Max Neukirchner, made a radical change to the rear of his CBR1000RR for morning warm-up and ran with the setting for the races. In the first, he was able to climb from his grid position of 18th to 11th at the flag. The German looked set to repeat the performance and break into the top ten in race two, before a mechanical problem forced his retirement.

Jonathan Rea – 2nd and 2nd
In race one Cal had a little bit more pace than me, where I was missing maybe a couple of tenths a lap. The bike was working very well, but we got let down by the tyre a little bit, I think, because it definitely felt a lot different to the one I used in warm-up this morning. I thought I might have the pace in race two, but well-done to Cal – he did a great job and rode absolutely superbly. My team gave me a great bike this weekend that allowed me to at least fight for the wins here. I’m really happy and really enjoyed riding at Silverstone this weekend and we’ve had a couple of good results t o take into the summer break.

Max Neukirchner – 11th and DNF
For me, the first race was one of the best this season. OK, it wasn’t the best result but it felt great having a bike that I could fight for positions with. I had a lot of fun and I was able to pass a lot of other guys – it was a very good race for me and felt a little bit like a win! We basically went back to the setting that I used in race two at Assen and it allowed me to brake later and accelerate more early. The start of race two was like the first and I made some good lap times behind Haga, but then the engine broke after seven laps. Without that I felt like maybe a top ten was possible so I can take some positives into the summer break and the next round which is in Germany.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
The last two race weekends have brought us some very good results, after the issues we experienced before. The team seems to have bounced back really well. Of course, you always aim for a win on Sunday, but two seconds are good enough results which put us closer to second place in the championship and further away from the guys behind us. We have another test planned before we head off Nurburgring which will hopefully bring us the last couple of tenths that we seemed to be missing here today. Max has definitely has his upward strength from Brno and he took that into his race one result. In race two, a mechanical problem stopped him storming through the field again, but, all in all, we are positive.

2010 World Superbike championship – round 10
Silverstone, United Kingdom (5.902km – 18 laps) – results

Race one:
1. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha 37’47.851s
2. Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +1.621s
3. Leon Haslam (GBR) Suzuki +11.433s
4. Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati +15.874s
5. Ma x Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia +17.085s
6. Leon Camier (GBR) Aprilia +15.532s
11. Max Neukirchner (GER) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +30.972s

Race two:
1. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha 37’48.348s
2. Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +2.070s
3. Leon Camier (GBR) Aprilia +8.834s
4. Leon Haslam (GBR) Suzuki +13.232s
5. James Toseland (GBR) Yamaha +13.258s
6. Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia +13.568s
DNF Max Neukirchner (GER) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

Championship points after 10 of 13 rounds:
1 Biaggi 373, 2 Haslam 313, 3 Rea 243, 4 Checa 204, 5 Crutchlow 188, 6 Toseland 179, 7 Haga 177,  8 Camier 164, 9 Fabrizio 160, 10 Corser BMW 155

Next round: Nurburgring, Germany – 3-5 September

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