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Jerez de la Frontera - Scot Racing team Preview

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30 aprile 2009

Jerez de la Frontera - Scot Racing team Preview

The World Bike Championship goes to Europe. This means home, for Raffaele De Rosa, who is Italian, but also Hiroshi Aoyama and Yuki Takahashi are based on the Old Continent for most of the racing year: the former in Barcelona, Spain, and the latter in Cattolica, Italy.

Yuki Takahashi (MotoGp): "I like Jerez. Here we tested during last winter. This means that we already have a few data, and it helps a lot as this is my first year in the class. In the last two GPs we understood several things about the bike - especially in Motegi, a track that I know well. The main point, in Spain, will be to avoid the wheeling, which can come out in a track with short segments like this".

Emanuele Ventura (Technical Director): "Under the technical point of view, the main issue, at Jerez, is to set-up a stable bike in two Braking points, one of which is uphill, and the other downhill. You have to find the best compromise - this is essential. In Motegi we found a solution to control the bike which, I'm confident, shall work properly in Jerez".

Hiroshi Aoyama (250cc): "I like Jerez, the track that opens the European season. For some reason I've never been lucky, here - nevertheless, I like it. The competition is always fierce, because Spanish and Italian riders are generally very strong at this circuit. Some parts of it suit Honda, while some others don't. So, we will have to work to find the best compromise and to exploit our qualities. When we tested here in winter the feeling was good, but the weather conditions will be very different, now in Springtime. I hope to be able to fight for the top places".

Raffaele De Rosa (250cc): "Jerez was the first circuit I met in my first complete season in the Championship - 125 cc class, at that time. That race was good, but the track, while it is not bad, in my opinion, at the same time is not one of my favorite. The essential will be to avoid any mistake. We know the track, and this will help us".