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Stiggy Honda>> Supersport Team aims for improvement in Assen

April 25 2009

World Superbike Championship
Stiggy Racing Honda
Round 04 Assen

Friday April 24
Supersport FP1

Anthony West sacrificed his valuable track on time in the Free Practice session today by spending a lot of time in the garage to solve some issues with his bike. For most of the session he was unable to find the flow with his bike, but managed to open things up in the ultimate minutes. He set his fastest lap in 1'42.247s, 0.7 seconds off the fastest time set by Kawasaki rider Joan Lascorz.

Vizziello, mindful of his recent qualifying sessions that left him languishing at the middle of the field, slightly advanced through the sessions. He struggled with the handling of the front of his bike, and finished the first day of qualifying in a best time of 1'43.324s.

Anthony West, 1'42.247s:
"We did not have the best of starts here today. We had a plan to work with today, but it just got messed up. I had an oil problem with one bike, and then lost the handle bar of the second bike halfway through the session. It messed up the entire practice session, and I could not find a good flow on the bike.

When I went out again to improve my time with a different gearbox setting, I missed a gear and ran wide on the track. It was a bad session for me, but at least the last lap worked out al right. We managed to find the right direction after we found ourselves lost earlier in the session. I am confident I can perform a lot better here on this track".

Gianluca Vizziello, 1'43.324s:
"My first session was good enough and my position is satisfying for the moment, but we have to make some changes for further improvement. I am 1.6s off the fastest time and I will need to improve in tomorrow's session to secure a good place on the grid. I had some issues with the front of the bike.

It was important for me to make the laps today and find out whether the changes we have made to the bike after we came back from Valencia, were leading to improvement".

Johan Stigefelt, Teammanager:
"We slightly struggled through the Supersport session today with both riders. There was a technical problem with Anthony's number one bike. The crew spent too much time in the garage solving the matter, which left Anthony with a minimum of track-time. When he did go out to set a fast lap, he was hindered by the traffic out there. He only managed to set one fast lap, but he is happy with the set-up and feels secure he can improve his time in the next session.
Vizziello had some issues with the front of his bike today, but feels secure that he can improve his time in tomorrow's qualifying session."

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