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Losail
2. Motegi
3.
Jerez
4. Le
Mans
5. Mugello
6. Catalunya
7.
Assen
8. Laguna Seca
9. Sachsenring
10. Donington
11.
Brno
12. Indianapolis
13. Misano
14. Estoril
15. Phillip Island
16. Sepang
17. Valencia
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News 13/09/2009
Round 12. U.S. : Indianapolis
Seby took
his 7th victory of the season at the legendary Indianapolis circuit on
Sunday. Skider and SFW had a fight like in the good old days, the last
two champions finished on the podium.
Seby now leads by 36 points to SFW. Skider, Vouks and fabbsan complete
the top5.
Interviews:
Seby Lords Of Shadow (winner,
16:36.988):
"Congratulations to Skider and SFW for podium finishes.
Also GG to GVG for 7th and to SkX for 10th.
Practice went pretty bad for me, i did few laps online during the week
with Vouks and SFW and they were faster than me. I also did few laps
with Skider and he wasn't as fast as he was in official. He was a good
surprise in official, specially for beating SFW (same as at Laguna).
I'll mail u 2 beers for this Skid. Vouks was very fast in practice but
in official he couldn't do those laps. Similar for SFW, in practice he
was faster than me. I was also a bit lucky i guess, on race day i
changed the gears in my setup and i could improve my lap times, i could
do 22.1 and few laps in 22.2, total time could have been around 16:33
or so. I found the perfect setup but in official i didn't manage to
take full advantage of it. I was very surprised because i took the lead
early and i could open a gap slowly. I thought i was going to fight in
this race, i was ready to push hard to catch SFW (in practice he was
very fast in the first 2 laps). But in official it was the other way
around, i had around 1 second in front of Skider and i was also a bit
stressed. I couldn't push too hard, i wanted in few laps (to get the
hot lap) but it didn't happen, lap times were 22.4 - 22.6. Consistency
made me win this race, even if the laps were 0.2-0.4 slower than what i
could have done. On this track i did most of my fast laps when i was
behind somebody and i was trying to catch up, maybe because there was
nobody in front of me in official i couldn't go as fast as i wanted.
Per total the victory was kind of easy, even if Skid and SFW were not
far behind me. I didn't have to push too hard, no fighting, just
waiting for the end of the race.
I can't say i'm satisfied with the pace i had, i always want to do my
best, no matter of the result. So i have mixed feeling because on the
other hand i'm happy i won the race and specially because SFW was 3rd
so the title is closer and closer to me. I have to defend 36 points in
5 races. That means i can finish 2nd in 3 races and 3rd in 2 races and
it's still mine. I can afford to fall in one of the races and still be
kind of safe. This is good for the moral because now i don't have to
worry and stress that much during the official races. I'll be able to
take it easy when SFW will be faster than me so i won't risk anything
and i'll also afford to push hard on the tracks i like and where i can
be fast.
I also equaled my record of 5 wins in a row from 2007, maybe i'll aim
to break Skider's record of 7 wins in a row from 2006, tho i know it
won't be easy and i doubt i'll do it but it doesn't hurt to try. Now i
have my lesson learned, if i didn't lose at Assen by 0.133s i could
have had 8 wins in a row, but 7 out of 8 is also good.
The team standings is looking also good, over 100 points to 2nd team,
constructors the same. I guess it is the best year so far for me and my
team. Too bad i started the year so bad, besides that it was pretty
good.
Now time to relax and have some fun, same hard work but without stress,
sounds great."
fabbsan
Motonline Racing Team (5th, 16:42.932):
"Hi all!
About my race, just simple words: bad pace and bad race! I wasn't in
form one more time.
I'm really bored since Laguna Seca and I don't know why? I hope for
good pace and more fun in the next races.
Anyway, GG to podium guys who are too fast for me.
See you in Misano!"
GVG Yamaha
England-Netherlands (7th, 16:50.949):
"Yeah, this is the result i wanted, for the last races. Finally victory
in A Class again.
I really needed it to stay in fight for that championship. I raced with
a injured hand and my lap times were not as consistent as i wanted but
this 7th place makes it all good.
My best result of the season so far and hopefully i can continue this
till the end! GG to Seby for his victory (again) and a thank you for
SFW for being a good team-mate! Hopefully you get to the top soon
again, mate!"
rezist Rezist
Racing Yamaha (12th, 17:13.007):
"It would have been a good race if i didn't crash.
But still, i'll take 12th (with a crash) any day! almost as good as
Pedrosa hehe.
I was braking hard into turn 1, and i hit the bump, causing me to crash.
So maybe i could have finished tenth, but i am very happy with the
result.
I have gained some points on Snikolaus and Dolz (?) which is also good.
Well done Seby, Skider and SFW, i would like to see the replay of that
battle."
Pity Source
Team (21st, 17:45.950):
"This is really a disappointment, to be one position behind points. The
race was hard, because all riders were better then me, I did a good
start, but in the first corner I was on grass like other guys, after
that, I did same good laps, but on the end of the race I had a contact
with the wall on the finish line. The contact was about 5 sec. miss. I
passed Kike, but, without my mistake, I could finish on 20th position
(one point). I have no points from both races in USA and it is a pity
for my sponsorship. Only one positive thing is, that in qualification I
was better then Xavier and Kike. I think, that the tracks in USA are
very specific and maybe, I prefer to race in Europe. I hope, that I
will move on 26th position in finally classification. Anyway, I am
still leading in MotoGP academy class."
Statistics:
In the Rider
Standings Seby extended his lead to 36 points to SFW. This was Seby's
7th win from the last 8 races. Skider moved to 3rd place, just 1 point
ahead of Vouks after taking 2nd in tonight's race. fabbsan completes
the top5, 27 points behind Vouks.
Lords Of
Shadow have extended their lead in the Team
Standings to 106 points ahead of main rivals Yamaha
England-Netherlands. NoGrip Racing and MVM Racing Team are
7 points apart from each other. Motonline Racing completes the top 5.
Yamaha is leading the Constructors Standings by 114 points to Kawasaki
after taking victory number 11 from 12 races, the only other victory is
for Kawasaki. Suzuki
are 3rd at 126 points behind Yamaha while Ducati
and
Honda complete the top 5.
Join us in 2 weeks time for the 13th race of the season at Misano,
in San Marino.
Report by Seby
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