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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda>> Pitt and Sofuoglu aim to refresh title challenge

May 07 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Andrew Pitt and Kenan Sofuoglu head to Monza this weekend (8-10 May) for round five of the 2009 World Supersport championship aiming to get their respective title challenges back on track.

Pitt crashed out of the last outing at Assen having struggled with the front end of during qualifying. The Australian reigning world champion was, however, dicing for the lead when he slid off before having his left hand run over by a rival.

Sofuoglu, who won at Monza on his way to the 2007 World Supersport title, finished fifth in Assen, but a race win in Australia and third place in Valencia leaves the Turkish ace third in the points standings.

Kenan Sofuoglu
I was very disappointed with the result from Assen because I was so confident going into the race from the front row. But there was one section of the circuit where I lost a lot of time and I had to push very hard everywhere else, so it was difficult. Monza is nice, though, and we will start again with some extra power which the crew has been looking for after Assen. I like Monza very much and I won in my last Supersport race there. I want to do the same again on Sunday, but there is a lot of work to do before then.

Andrew Pitt
The hand is pretty good now, although it felt tight for a while after the last race. I’ve been doing some hours on the bike so I should be in good shape for the weekend. It wasn’t a great result in Assen but at least I was at the front after some problems in qualifying. There was a much better feeling with the front end from warm-up and I’m hoping we can find it a bit earlier than that in Monza. It’s a circuit that has its own special place on the calendar and I aim to be up there on Sunday.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
Assen wasn’t so good for us but it’s clear for everyone to see that this year’s World Supersport championship is a frenetic battle. We aim to be at the front of that battle again at Monza so we have tried to create a little more power with a slightly different engine setting for the new Honda CBR600RR to deal with Monza’s high speeds. We have quite some chassis and suspension settings to try as well, and we hope that these combinations will help us to come out on top.

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