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Stiggy Racing Honda>> Vizziello fights to seventh place at Donington

July 01 2009

Superbike World Championship
Stiggy Racing Honda
Round 09, Donington
Sunday, June 28th
Supersport Race

The ninth round of the World Supersport championship was concluded in a great way for the Stiggy Racing Honda rider Gianluca Vizziello as he brought his Honda CBR600RR to the seventh place in the 22-lap supersport race at the British track of Donington today.

Gianluca Vizziello was far from comfortable with the front set-up of his machine in the qualifying practices leading to race day, but successfully continued to build on further progress in the 20-minute morning warm-up session ahead of the race.

From his 22nd position in the grid the Italian rider impressively advanced through the field while he kept the door locked in his rivals coming up behind him, and took a seventh place at the checkered flag - his best result for the team so far this season.

Anthony West ended the two days of Donington qualifying with mixed results, but showed improved performance as he topped the sheets in the warm up. The Australian rider  - who took two podium finishes for his team so far this season - was ready to step up in the race and moved up to fourth position before an unfortunate tumble on the fifth lap prematurely put an end to his race.

Gianluca Vizziello,7th:
“This weekend we have had a lot of problems with the suspension and we have tried a lot of different things in the qualifying sessions. This morning we managed to find the set up that I liked and used it in the race. It allowed me to put the tyres where I wanted them and put a lot more pressure on. The bike was handling well today, which is the most important to me. I am very pleased with my result today and hope I can continue the improvement in the next races."

Anthony West,DNF:
“I am really disappointed with my crash here today. I just lost the front of my machine in the last sector. I felt really comfortable in the warm up session and was riding at a better pace than my rivals. I am pleased that we seem to have found the problem that was holding us back in the last races. It is just a shame that I haven't been able to put it into practice here today. We will now concentrate on our test in Brno next week and further develop the machine for the next race at Brno."

Johan Stigefelt, Team Manager:
"Gianluca showed an amazing performance here today. He just rode the wheels of that bike and showed he can keep his head down and focus. We have never seen him doing so well before. Finishing seventh is like a victory for that side of the garage. Anthony was riding in fourth position before he crashed. It is very unfortunate for him, specially after doing so well in the morning session. But that's racing, we will now put our focus on the next race."

Results Supersport Race:
1. C.Crutchlow
2. J.Lascorz
3. G.McCoy
7. G.Vizziello
DNF A.West

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