SBK

Yoshimura Suzuki win in Japan

06 aprile 2007

Yoshimura Suzuki's Atsushi Watanabe raced the brand new GSX-R1000K7 to victory in the opening round of the Japanese Superbike Championship at Twinring-Motegi at the weekend after starting from sixth position on the grid.

Following a wet Saturday qualifying session, the Suzuki rider made his challenge at the half-way stage of the dry 20-lap race, catching up to leaders and taking to the front with five laps remaining after carving past the leading trio in as many laps.

Said Watanabe: "The all-new 2007 GSX-R1000 is awesome but the massive amount of power made it difficult to set up the chassis for the race on Saturday in the wet, so I asked my team staff to make it easier to ride. I didn't have a good start but I had a lot of confidence in the bike and my team and am very happy with the result for both Yoshimura Suzuki and Bridgestone."

Superbike Results:

1: Atsushi Watanabe (Yoshimura Suzuki)
2: Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Moriwaki Honda)
3: Shogo Moriwaki (Moriwaki Honda)
4: Akira Yanagawa (Team Green Kawasaki)
5: Norick Abe (Yamaha)
6: Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha)
7: Chojun Kameya (Sakurai Honda)
8: Kousuke Akiyoshi (WINs Suzuki)
9: Daisaku Saka (Yoshimura Suzuki)
10: Takashi Yasuda (Harc Honda)

Report and Photos: Hiro Nakamura.

Print version

Send to a friend

Write your comment »

Related headlines

Chris Walker returns to Superbikes

SBK Donington: Toseland wins and leave home round with championship lead

SS Donington: Sofuoglu soars to take the win

STK Donington: New Yamaha R1 proves its strength with a second and third

SS Donington: Yamaha have difficult weekend in Supersport

SBK Donington: Haga takes new R1 to first race victory

World Superbike: Max Biaggi second at Donington

Steve Martin on Fourth Row of Donington Grid

SBK Donington, Superpole: Biaggi in second row

Haga to start in second position at Donington Park

Toseland the leading light on eve of Donington event

SS Donington: Sofouglu leads Supersport riders into another new dimension

New challenge for Max Biaggi and Yukio Kagayama at Donington

Steve Martin To Race At Donington

Commenti dei lettori

Attenzione: si prega di non utilizzare un linguaggio offensivo, eventuali commenti volgari o offensivi saranno rimossi, così come link non giustificati. I commenti sono inseriti dai lettori, che se ne assumono la responsabilità