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Ten Kate Honda >> Kiyonari aims for Donington podium

June 25 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Ryuichi Kiyonari is preparing for round nine of the 2009 World Superbike championship at Donington Park, UK, this weekend (26-28 June) and aiming to recreate the spectacular victory that he achieved at the Leicestershire circuit last September.
In appalling conditions, Kiyonari impressed many with a stunning display of wet weather riding during qualifying and followed that up with a victory in the second race around the 4.023km Donington circuit.

His victory came on the back of a double win at Brands Hatch a month before and the Japanese ace has been on the podium twice so far this season. However, he is now seeking consistency during the second half of the season to move up the championship table.

Ryuichi Kiyonari
I hope for the same result as last year at Donington, but I don’t mind if the weather is wet or dry – as long as I can go faster! I think we made the wrong tyre choice in Misano and Sunday seems to be the day when we have problems. In the last two races, we have had good pace on Friday and Saturday but then have problems or bad luck on Sunday. I will try the new Ohlins suspension on Friday and compare the data to see the best way to go for me. But this weekend, I know we have to work even harder for a good result on all three days.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
We will bring some new suspension parts to Donington for Kiyo to carry out some back-to-back tests as the other riders did at Misano. We know that Kiyo can be fast at this track so it will be a good comparison. Hopefully it can bring a step forward similar to the one we saw in Misano last weekend. At the moment, the weather forecast doesn’t seem to be in our favour but things can change very quickly and we know we have a good package. We all remember the ‘Kiyo Slide Show’ from Donington last season and, hopefully, we can see him on the podium again this weekend.

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