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Supersport Kyalami, Honda preview

In SBK

13 maggio 2009

Other than Laverty and Crutchlow, 2007 World Champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) is the only Supersport rider to have taken a win in 2009, at the very first round of the year in Australia.
He is now third in the standings, with his team-mate, reigning World Champion Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) immediately behind him.

Both Ten Kate WSS riders tested alongside their WSB teammates at Kyalami last December, and therefore they should start the weekend with useful data to help them find a race set-up quickly.

Australian riders Anthony West (Stiggy Racing Honda CBR600RR) and Mark Aitchison (Honda Althea CBR600RR) had tough weekends in Monza, as each retired after crashing. Aitchison’s team-mate Matthieu Lagrive (Honda Althea CBR600RR) also fell in the race at Monza, but remounted to finish just out of the points in 16th place. Lagrive is now 11th, on 25 points.

Gianluca Vizziello (Stiggy Racing Honda CBR600RR) leads Miguel Praia (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) in the championships standings, with the Italian 17th and the Portuguese 18th.

After the Kyalami round both WSB and WSS championships enjoy one weekend off before reforming in America, at the Miller Motorsports Park, between 29th and 31st May.