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Antonio Banderas' Promo Racing >> More Improvements For Kenny Noyes At Motegi

October 03 2010

The first leg of the three overseas flyaway races ended with a solid result for Kenny Noyes and the Jack&Jones By Antonio Banderas Racing Team, Kenny making steady progress at yet another track he had never seen before. The hard work the team put in at Aragon paid dividends for Kenny, the American scoring his best qualifying since Barcelona, and his best finish since Indianapolis.

Kenny got a strong start, but was soon caught up with a big group behind Gabor Talmacsi. Unable to make his way past because of a lack of rear grip, the Jack&Jones By Antonio Banderas rider had to settle for an enjoyable but unfulfilling scrap for 19th place. The new suspension setup the team has been working on improved Kenny's confidence in the front end of the bike, allowing him to be much more aggressive on the brakes. But the rear grip issues meant the American lost drive out of corners and could not get close enough to pass the riders ahead of him on the brakes, the strong point of the new setup.

Kenny leaves Japan optimistic that the new setup will improve the feel of  his Promoharris over the next couple of races. But with the next two races in Malaysia and Australia, and the team starting to work on their plans for next season, there is not much room for major updates. Kenny is determined to keep working hard with his team on refining the setup of his Jack&Jones By Antonio Banderas machine to get all they can out of the package. With four more rounds of the Moto2 championship to go, Kenny is confident he can keep the momentum going to the end of the season.

22nd, fastest lap 1'54.946

Kenny said: "The race went OK. The bike was the best it's ever been, the new setup we tried at Aragon worked real well. The bike is good on corner entry and gives me a lot confidence in the front end, but we were struggling with rear grip after 8 laps or so. It's hard to get the power down, which makes it hard to pass on the brakes because we can't get close enough."

"I was pretty happy with the race, we had the pace, but a bunch of us got held up behind Talmasci and it was impossible to get past. In the end, this was the best we could do on the day. Honestly, this was a great race, but it should have been ten places further up the field, but this is where we are with this package. It's too late in the season to expect too many updates, so we just have to keep working hard with the team to make the best of what we have."

"Motegi's a pretty cool track. There's lots of places you can have a pretty good battle, like we saw in the MotoGP race. It's just a shame we couldn't take advantage of them."

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