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Nurburgring: Maehr and KTM continue to learn in tough Superstock class
16 giugno 2008 It is the first year that the team is competing in the tough FIM Superstock 1000 World Cup with the KTM 1190 RC8 machine. The bike was launched in the spring of 2008 and KTM and the team have declared their first season on the racing circuit as one in which to learn and to gain experience. Jump start penalty Maehr's luck ran out even in the second qualifying when a downpour of rain just before the session made it impossible to improve on the thirtieth position registered in the first qualifying. Then, probably hoping for a bit too much in the line-up on the grid of forty riders, a nervous Maehr registered a jump start in the race and incurred a ride through penalty. In addition, a crash at the first curve, in which he was not involved, proved a disruptive influence as riders struggled to master the confusion. Maehr, out on the track in last position after the ride through penalty, brought the KTM home safely although he was far from satisfied with the end result, crossing the line in thirty third position. Focus on realistic goals "Yes, I am certainly not satisfied with the final results. But we have to accept that at this stage there are more important goals than the results might reflect," Maehr said. "I made a mistake at the start and it's very difficult to recover from that in such a tough class of racing. I am sorry that we didn't finish with a better result but the bike went well the whole weekend and I am looking forward to the next race in Italy." |
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