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Ten Kate Honda>> Kiyonari anticipates Italian speed battle

May 07 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Ten Kate Honda Racing’s Ryuichi Kiyonari is looking forward to this weekend’s (8-10 May) fifth round World Superbike championship event at Monza in Italy and hoping that the impressive power of his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade will bring him more success than of late.

The Japanese rider enjoyed a sixth place finish in race one of last year’s event and climbed the podium with third in race two. However, the start of the 2009 campaign has seen Kiyonari struggle for results, other than an impressive fourth in race two at Qatar.

Monza is nestled in a royal park just north of Milan in Italy. The iconic 5.8km circuit with some of the most famous features in motorsport, like the Ascari chicane and the Parabolica, is renowned for high speed slipstreaming battles for which Kiyonari believes his Honda is well suited.

Ryuichi Kiyonari
The last round in Assen was not so good for me. Everything was fine on the first day but after I crashed in free practice on Saturday, I lost some confidence in the front end of the machine. From Superpole through to race two I had no real feeling for the bike. It returned in the second race but then I had a technical problem so was unable to use it. I like Monza and had a good result last year. It requires three days of very intense concentration but the three long straights should suit my bike, which is very fast. If I ride OK and have some luck, I think I will make a good result.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
Kiyo-san has not had the best start to the season and there have been various issues that we have needed to address, but we know that he can go well at Monza. We developed the bike a little more for Assen but, unfortunately, he didn’t have luck on his side to get the most from it. However, it was a development in the right direction and we will hopefully make another step forward at Monza.

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