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Ten Kate Honda>> High fives for Kiyonari in USA

June 04 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Ryuichi Kiyonari scored two top five finishes in the two seventh round World Superbike championship races at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, USA today.

The Japanese Ten Kate Honda Racing rider had been on his best form since the weekend started with free practice on Friday and he had qualified his Honda Genuine Accessories-backed CBR1000RR Fireblade on the front row for the two 21-lap races around the 4.9km Miller circuit.

Unfortunately for Kiyonari, his rear tyre slipped on its rim in both outings, preventing a repeat of the double podium finish he scored at Monza earlier this month. Both races were won by American Ben Spies.

Ryuichi Kiyonari – 4th and 5th
I got a good start to the second part of race one and took the holeshot I think, but I had a problem with the tyre which was the same in race two. It was moving on the rim and made rear grip a real problem in both races. We decided to go with the softer tyre after warm-up but we hadn't had a chance to do any longer runs with it. It was OK for the first couple of laps but then the problems started. It's very disappointing but I guess the results are not so bad, and a lot better than last time at Kyalami.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
I am really disappointed for Kiyonari-san, who has been on the pace all weekend and looked good for more rostrum finishes before his tyre started to spin on the rim in both races. However, I believe we have all made a good step forward this weekend and we will confirm and improve upon our base settings at a test in Magny-Cours on our way to the next race in Misano. We’ll work hard to bring Kiyo’s good performance here back to Europe.

2009 World Superbike championship, round seven –
Miller Motorsports Park, Salt Lake City, USA (4.907km, 2 x 21 laps) results:
Race one:
1 Ben Spies (USA) Yamaha 38’30.945s
2 Carlos Checa (ESP) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +9.394s
3 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati +12.742s
4 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing +14.276s
5 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +14.915s
6 Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia +15.461s

Race two:
1 Ben Spies (USA) Yamaha 38’25.391s
2 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati +9.080s
3 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda +14.357s
4 Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia +15.461s
5 Ryuichi Kiyonari (JPN) Ten Kate Honda Racing +17.156s
6 Jakub Smrz (CZE) Ducati +17.546s

Championship points after seven of 14 rounds:
Noriyuki Haga (JPN) Ducati 265, Spies 212, Fabrizio 201, Rea 133, Biaggi 126, Leon Haslam (GBR) Honda 122, Tom Sykes (GBR) Yamaha 113, Kiyonari 96, Checa 93, Smrz 82.

Next round: Misano, San Marino – 21 June

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