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WSBK Assen preview: team Pedercini

In SBK

21 aprile 2009

The fourth round of the Superbike World Championship and the second round of the Superstock 1000 FMI Cup will take place over the weekend of April 24-25-26 at the legendary TT Circuit Van Drenthe in Assen, Netherlands. The rack, which dates from 1955 and whose foundations were laid during the first Dutch TT in 1925, forms an integral part of the surrounding natural area. Following a major renovation project, which started in September 1998 and was completed in the spring of 2008, the TT Circuit is now one of the best in the world.

Circuit main characteristics :
Length : m.4.555 (since 2006)
Pole Position : left
Longest straight : m.560
Left turns : 5
Right turns : 9

Superbike – best lap : Troy Bayliss - 2008 – 1,38,355
Superbike – super pole record : Troy Bayliss – 2008 – 1,38,428
Superbike – race record : Max Neukirchner– 2008 – 1,39,395
Supersport – best lap : Broc Parkes - 2008 – 1,40,895
Supersport – lap record race : Kenan Sofoglu – 2007 – 1,42,096

As for Valencia Spanish race, also in Assen Team Pedercini will line up David Salom and Luca Scassa in Superbike world championship and Ismael Ortega and Javier Fores in Superstock 1000 FIM Cup.

Luca Scassa – Superbike: "I like to ride in the TT Circuit Van Drenthe and I obtained good results here in my last races in Superstock 1000. In Valencia we significantly improved the base set-up of our bike and we found some good solutions to be used in Assen. My fan club will support me during the full weekend and I’m eager to reach good results for them and for my team”.

David Salom – Superbike: "It feels like the first three races this year have just been an exercise for me. Everybody in the team knows the bike and Assen very well and we have learned a few things in the first three races. I am looking forward to the race and I hope we won't need so much time to set the machine up".

Lucio Pedercini – Team Manager: ”I think we will arrive in Assen with settings close to those we ran at Valencia in the last round. We will need to work really well on the engine mapping and have a good overall bike set-up. All our riders like Assen, and we know that they can go fast there on our Kawasaki ZX 10R bike, so we're hopeful."