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Tan Kate Honda >> Kiyonari satisfied with Monza day one

May 08 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Ten Kate Honda Racing’s Ryuichi Kiyonari, set the 11th fastest time in today’s opening qualifying session for round five of the 2009 World Superbike championship event at Monza in Italy.

Provisional pole position was secured by Italian Michel Fabrizio, but the Japanese ace was little more than half a second off Fabrizio’s time and Kiyonari is confident of further improvement with his Honda Genuine Accessories-backed CBR1000RR Fireblade tomorrow.

Ryuichi Kiyonari – P11, 1'46.171s
I’m losing a bit of time in the middle section of the lap – from the second chicane round to Ascari. But the problem is me; when I’m  riding on my own, I’m braking too late into the corners and maybe a little too confident in the front! When I’m with other riders, it’s not a problem, so I just need to work on that tomorrow. Everywhere else I’m OK and I’m very happy with the bike. I haven’t tried a long run yet, either, so we’ll do that tomorrow as well.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
Kiyo-san seems quite confident in most areas and we know how well he can go here from his podium result last year. We also know that the bike is easily fast enough, so I think that we know which areas to work on. We made some progress with the bike before Assen and, although Kiyo wasn’t able to exploit it then, we’re confident he can do so here.

2009 World Supeprbike championship, round five – Monza, Italy
Friday qualifying results:
1 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati 1’45.447s
2 Tom Sykes (GBR) Yamaha 1’45.758s
3 Noriyuki Haga (JPN) 1’45.790s
4 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’45.919s
9 Carlos Checa (ESP) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’46.140s
11 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing 1’46.171s

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