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Stiggy Honda>>Supersport team struggles to impress in Assen

April 29 2009

World Superbike Championship
Stiggy Racing Honda

Round 4 Assen
Sunday April 26
SS Race

Anthony West had an unfortunate weekend in Assen after small mistakes in the qualifying sessions continued to bother him on Race day. From his 8th place on the gird he seemed set to quickly make his way forward, but ran wide and off the track in the chicane leading onto the straight. It set him back valuable positions that proved hard to recover.

Lascorz, Laverty, Foret and Crutchlow were the leading men who set the pace for the rest of the field. While Foret nearly took out his teammate Cructhlow, Pitt opted for a different line away from the Yamaha squad, but lost the front of his bike and endured a nasty crash. His loss became West's gain as he reclaimed another position.

An unfortunate collision with Nannelli put a premature end to the race for team mate Gianluca Vizziello. After a difficult weekend of qualifying the Italian rider was hoping to improve his performance, but could not prevent his misfortune.
The Superbike race was concluded in the very last seconds. While Laverty and Lascorz tussled places for the lead, Crutchlow awaited his chance. After Lascorz ran wide in the last chicane, Laverty quickly snatch the first position, with Cructhlow following in second.

Anthony West, 7th:
"I still lack acceleration in my bike. I miss the corner exit speed, so I constantly need to chase the front guys and then lose them again in the next corner. I was trying to make up for this catch-and-loose riding for most of the race
I was very close to Sofuoglu when he made a mistake and I did the same. I then ran wide and off the track, and when I got back on track again I lost the feeling with the rear of my bike. It felt strange and I was convinced I had a puncture. It had to back off for a lap until I felt there was nothing wrong, and started to push again and make up for the loss as good as possible".

Gianluca Vizziello, DNF:
"I did not have my best race here. The bike was running well, but suddenly I touched Nannelli. That collision caused some problems with the electronics of my bike and I just could not concentrate on riding any more. I made a mistake as I re-entered the race. I am very dissapointed this happened".

Johan Stigefelt, Team Manager:
"Anthony did a good race, but made a small problem in the race which caused him to run a bit wide. He ran off the track through the dirt and then struggled with the rear grip of his bike. He lost too many places and initially thought there was something wrong with the rear of his bike.  It took him one lap to sort that out, but by that time he had already lost some places and potentially a top 5 finish. We still have to find the perfect setting for our engines, we are missing some acceleration. There still is some hard work to do,

Vizziello collided with another rider and had to retire from the race. It is a pity for his crew who worked very hard on getting the right set-up for his bike. We will need to step up on that side of the garage. Right now we just focus on improving our package and moving forward".

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

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