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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda>> Ten Kate Supersport squad looks for Donington bounce

June 25 2009

Ten Kate Racing - Nieuwsbrief

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s World Supersport championship duo of Kenan Sofuoglu and Andrew Pitt are looking to bounce back in style at this weekend’s (26-28 June) ninth round encounter at Donington Park in the UK.
Pitt crashed out of the lead of last weekend’s race at Misano, Italy, while his Turkish team-mate, Sofuoglu, also slid out of contention, having just moved into a podium position.

It was a disappointing end to the Italian race weekend after the team had begun a switch to new suspension components during a test at Magny-Cours the previous week. However, mixed weather conditions at Misano made it difficult to get a perfect race set-up.

The team knows well that the 4.023km Donington Park’s weather can be equally fickle, but with Pitt scoring second place in an all-Honda CBR600RR podium at the corresponding round last September, hopes are high in the Ten Kate camp of further success this weekend.

Andrew Pitt
Misano was what it was. We had to take a gamble on set-up going into the race because we had new suspension parts, but practice and qualifying was a mixture of wet and dry. It just showed how difficult it can be when you’re testing during a race weekend. I got a good start in the race, but had to push to stay in front because there’s no point in running around for fifth or sixth place any more. The championship might be a long shot, but we’ve got to go for wins and that’s what I’m looking forward to doing again this weekend.

Kenan Sofuoglu
I was very disappointed with the result from Misano. Qualifying was difficult and it was not good having to test new suspension in the wet and dry conditions that we had there. I still have third place in the championship but we have to win more races now and I think the recent development of the bike can help us do that, as we showed with the win in America. With the new suspension we have a chance to push for more wins and that’s what we’ll be trying very hard for at Donington.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
After running a mixture of old and new suspension components last weekend in Misano, the Donington package will be fully Ohlins which we hope will make our jobs a little easier. Until the riders' disastrous exits from the Misano race, we had been making good progress, in spite of the weather not being too kind. But we know that we are still very capable of winning when we get it all together.

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