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WSBK Brno: best weekend of the year for Troy Corser

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27 luglio 2009

WSBK Brno: best weekend of the year for Troy Corser

Troy Corser took a tremendous fifth place in the first WSBK race in Brno today and probably would’ve had another top six finish in race two had it not been for tyre problems. But, despite the problems, Troy still managed to finish in the top ten, to give him and the BMW team their best weekend of the season. The only negative was that Troy’s team mate Ruben Xaus fell heavily on the opening lap of race one, breaking the neck of his femur in the process. Whether or not the Spaniard will be fit enough to race in the next round remains to be seen, but at least there is now a five week or so gap before that takes place.

Max Biaggi (Aprilia) won the first race, after Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) crashed and took out Ben Spies (Yamaha) after only four laps. Honda team mates Carlos Checa and Jonathan Rea finished in second and third, with Shane Byrne (Ducati) fourth, just ahead of Troy. Spies made up for his first race disappointment by winning the second race, to close the gap on series leader Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) to just seven points. Second was Biaggi, with fellow Roman Fabrizio third.

Troy Corser - Race 1: 5th, race 2: 10th
It’s been a good weekend for us, even though Ruben got injured. That was a shame because he qualified next to me on the grid and I’m sure he would’ve also got some good results. What was good about this weekend is that we have been on the pace consistently in every practice, qualifying and we also got into final Superpole for the first time. That shows that we are making good progress and it is due to the hard work put in by the whole team and some really good tests in Italy recently.
The bike is much easier to ride now and I can now feel everything that is going on and really ride the bike. Also, at the end of the day, I’m not worn out! We know which direction to take and now we need to work on how to manage the tyres on this bike. Today, we probably didn’t have exactly the right tyres in the two races. But if we had chosen some other ones (ones we hadn’t tested very much), it would’ve been a bit of a gamble. It’s really great to see the whole team smiling again and it’s a good way to finish before the long summer break.