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Ten Kate Honda>> Kiyonari fights into Donington top ten

July 01 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

After a difficult weekend during practice and qualifying, Ten Kate Honda Racing’s Ryuichi Kiyonari scored two top ten finishes in today’s ninth round World Superbike championship races at Donington Park in the UK.
Both 23-lappers around the 4.023km circuit were won by American Ben Spies, as Kiyonari fought hard to improve on his starting position of 20th on the grid.

On 15 and 16 July, the Japanese ace will travel to the Imola circuit in Italy for a test with his team and the new suspension components that have been evaluated over the last two races.

Ryuichi Kiyonari – 10th and 7th
The first race here was very difficult after the problems we have had during the weekend, so we made some changes to the rear for race two. In fact, it was quite a big change and we altered three things with the rear shock. On the sighting lap it felt quite OK but during the race it was better but not perfect. I hope that the test at Imola will allow us to fully test these new parts to get a better setting for the bike so I can make better results for the rest of the season.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
Kiyo-san’s setting was a little better for race two but, with the problems he had in qualifying, which gave him a difficult starting position, it was going to be hard in the races. I’m very happy for this two-day test in Imola that will allow us to test fully the Ohlins suspension in Kiyo’s CBR1000RR. This will hopefully give him a better feeling and the chance to push for better results.

2009 World Superbike championship, round nine – Donington Park, UK (4.023km, 2 x 23 laps) results:

Race one:
1 Ben Spies (USA) Yamaha 34’57.230s
3 Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia +7.156s
3 Noriyuki Haga (JPN) Ducati +10.968s
4 Leon Haslam (GBR) Honda +18.843s
7 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +23.644s
10 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing +33.192s
11 Carlos Checa (ESP) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +34.535s

Race two:
1 Ben Spies (USA) Yamaha 35’14.788s
2 Leon Haslam (GBR) Honda +6.622s
3 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati +6.816s
4 Shane Byrne (GBR) Ducati +7.349s
7 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing +15.751s
15 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +32.806s

Championship points after nine of 14 rounds:
Haga 308, Spies 294, Fabrizio 257, Rea 177, Haslam 167, Biaggi 155, Tom Sykes 141, Jakub Smrz 115, Checa 114, Byrne 113, Kiyonari 113.

Next round: Brno, Czech Republic – 26 July

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