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WSS Assen: Lascorz And Fujiwara Go For Gold

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21 aprile 2009

WSS Assen: Lascorz And Fujiwara Go For Gold

Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara have each had the chance to ride at the front of the 600cc pack this season, and each is keen to do so again this coming weekend in the Netherlands.

The new 2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R has proved a potent race machine in the hands of the Spaniard and the Japanese, although absolute race results have yet to mirror the true pace of the machine in this intensely competitive season.

Fujiwara’s fifth place at Valencia last time out is the best single race result so far, while each rider has started from the front row of the grid already.

Lascorz has been second on the grid on two occasions out of three, and having finished just 0.150 seconds from the race victory at Assen last year, he is full of expectation for this round.

Since the last WSS race weekend, the Provec Motocard.com Kawasaki team has been busy in its workshops in Spain, making further performance improvements to a machine that even although it is already competitive, is still in its early stages of full race development.

Katsuaki Fujiwara: “We had a very good experience in Valencia, with a much better race pace. We can still improve some areas of the new bike but it is already very good. Our base setting is already higher than it was when we started the season and I hope we can have a strong practice and qualifying at Assen, and get away with the first group.”

Joan Lascorz: “Our bike was good in Valencia, and we took a lot from the test we did there before the race weekend. It was disappointing not to score points in the race but there was nothing we could do about it. We just have to make the most of the limited practice time at Assen to get a good race set-up. I like the track and I did well there last year so I hope to do well again.”