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HANNspree Ten Kate>> Sofuoglu back on top in South Africa
May 15 2009
Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief
Kenan Sofuoglu put the disappointment of Monza firmly behind him today by setting the fastest time on the opening day of round six of the World Supersport championship at Kyalami in South Africa.
The Turkish Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider, admits it has taken a while to adapt to the new 2009 CBR600RR, but just five days after finishing in an uncharacteristic ninth place in Italy, Sofuoglu is enjoying being back at the top of the timing sheets.
His team-mate, Andrew Pitt, is equally satisfied with progress on the new bike and set the fourth fastest time in today’s two 45-minute sessions – the World Supersport riders being given an additional session because the championship has not visited Kyalami since 2002.
Kenan Sofuoglu – P1, 1’41.566s
I know everyone else will go faster than today, but so can I – no problem! Am very happy and feel that we have really made a big step forward with the new bike today. There are some areas we can look at still to make another improvement tomorrow, but it’s the first time I have really felt that I am working well with this CBR and being at the top again is a very nice feeling.
Andrew Pitt – P4, 1’42.511s
We’re definitely getting there and we’ve found a level of consistency which allowed me to do a lot of laps. That was our main strength last year and it’s looking promising that we’ve found that again. Kenan has also shown that the new CBR has the outright speed as well so it’s looking good. Yes, we tested here in December but everyone got two sessions today so I think we’re close enough. I’ll just do a load more laps tomorrow but we’re definitely closer to where we want to be.
Ronald ten Kate – team manager
It’s taken us a while to find our way with the new CBR600RR but that was definitely a good start to the weekend. It seems like we’ve started to dial in the machine now – both on single fast laps and with consistency over longer runs. It’s good that we’re back at the top and we’ll look tonight to see where we can find some more improvement tomorrow. But, for now, it’s good to see some smiles back on faces.
2009 World Supersport championship, round six – Kyalami, South Africa
Friday free practice – results:
1 Kenan Sofuoglu (TUR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’41.566s
2 Eugene Laverty (IRL) Honda 1’41.812s
3 Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Yamaha 1’41.969s
4 Andrew Pitt (AUS) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’42.511s
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