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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda>> Kiyonari with work to do at Donington

June 26 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Ryuichi Kiyonari faces a tough day at the ninth round World Superbike championship event at Donington Park tomorrow as he seeks to improve on the provisional 23rd fastest time he set at the 4.023km circuit in this afternoon’s opening qualifying session.

In wet conditions last year, the Japanese ace dominated qualifying and won the second race on his Honda CBR1000RR but Kiyonari acknowledges that he needs more time to adjust to new suspension components he is testing this weekend.
Italian Michel Fabrizio set the fastest time in this afternoon’s hour-long session but Kiyonari is confident of further
improvement in tomorrow’s qualifying and free practice sessions, followed by Superpole to determine final grid positions for Sunday’s two 23-lap encounters.

Ryuichi Kiyonari – P23, 1’33.093s
It was very difficult for me today. We tried the new suspension parts but did not really get enough dry track time to set up the bike for a good qualifying time. There are some good points with the revised package, but the main problem is me – sometimes I take a long time to get used to new things. Tomorrow will give me more time, I hope, to improve everything.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
We still have some way to go until Kiyonari-san is comfortable with new components and finds a setting in which he feels confident enough push in the way he did here last year, when he won in spectacular style.  We need some more dry time tomorrow to help him find that setting and we know he can be very fast here when he is happy with everything.

2009 World Superbike championship, round nine – Donington Park, UK
Friday qualifying, results:
1 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati 1’30.775s
2 Leon Haslam (GBR) Honda 1’31.191s
3 Ben Spies (USA) Yamaha 1’31.294s
4 Gregorio Lavilla (ESP) Ducati 1’31.401
9 Carlos Checa (ESP) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’31.736s
13 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’32.103s
23 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing 1’33.093s

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