HONDA RACING INFORMATION MCE INSURANCE BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 04 SUNDAY 16 JUNE KNOCKHILL Weather: Sunny,warm Temperature: Ambient degrees 17C, Track degrees 29C DOUBLE PODIUM JOY FOR KIYONARI FOR LOWES SLIPS Ryuichi Kiyonari enjoyed his best results for far this season as he powered in a pair of third place finishes at the Scottish fourth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Knockhill today. But the former three times title winner’s strong performances for the Samsung Honda team were balanced by disappointment for Alex Lowes who tipped off in the opening race and then took fourth place in the second race, losing his lead in the title stakes and slipping to third place overall. Kiyonari, returning from a holiday back home in Japan, had tested twice earlier in the week before heading north to the Fife circuit where he finally achieved his real potential after what had been a difficult start to the campaign for him. Lowes had the better of qualifying, setting third best time, a third of a second down on Shane Byrne who had bettered his own seven year old lap record to take a pole position start while Kiyonari ran fifth fastest, to start from the second row. Suzuki’s Josh Brookes made the running in the first 30 lap race ahead of Byrne with Lowes third ahead of Kiyonari but at half distance disaster struck for Lowes when he lost the front end of his machine at the Hairpin and was down and out. Kiyonari had third place, while Byrne took the victory from Brookes. Kiyonari’s pace in the opener gave him a front row start for the second race, but Byrne, en route to completing the daily double, and Brookes both made better get-aways to leave him in third place, running ahead of Lowes throughout the race. Peter Hickman and Dan Linfoot were the best of the rest of Honda riders. Riding in Lloyds British GBmoto colours, Hickman took tenth and ninth while Linfoot was eighth and twelfth. Tommy Bridewell, eleventh in the opener was a non-starter in the second race due to an electronics problem on his Bathams backed bike while Rutter tumbled on the first lap after earlier running twelfth. Honda rider quotes Ryuichi Kiyonari (Samsung Honda) Race results 3rd/3rd Championship position 7th – 59points “To take this double podium is very pleasing but I want better results next time out. For sure I am very happy and now I hope for more better results and will be trying to do my best to go faster in the next race as I want wins. I try now to improve my performances in every round to build on these results. It will be difficult but I will work hard. The difference now is some me, some my bike. I push hard as I have better understanding of the bike.” Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) Race results dnf/4th Championship position 3rd – 130 points “In the first race I was going good but was struggling in the last sector compared to Byrne and Brookes and the tumble was just unlucky. We made some changes for the second race but they didn’t work as well as we had hoped but if you can’t be third you may as well be fourth because points are important for the championship especially here, a circuit where I have struggled in the past. It is never nice to drop back in the standings but I used my head as points are more important than having another crash.” RESULTS BRITISH SUPERBIKE RACE1: POS / RIDER / NAT / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP 1 / Shane BYRNE / GBR / Kawasaki - Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki / 24:43.134 / 2 / Josh BROOKES / AUS / Suzuki - Tyco Suzuki / 24:44.203 / 1.069 3 / Ryuichi KIYONARI / JPN / Honda - Samsung Honda / 24:48.147 / 5.013 4 / Keith FARMER / GBR / Kawasaki - Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki / 24:59.955 / 16.821 5 / Chris WALKER / GBR / Kawasaki - Quattro Plant Kawasaki / 25:02.167 / 19.033 6 / James WESTMORELAND / GBR / BMW - Buildbase BMW Motorrad / 25:06.867 / 23.733 7 / James ELLISON / GBR / Yamaha - Milwaukee Yamaha / 25:07.214 / 24.080 8 / Dan LINFOOT / GBR / Honda - Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Honda / 25:07.348 / 24.214 9 / PJ JACOBSEN / USA / Suzuki - Tyco Suzuki / 25:07.399 / 24.265 10 / Peter HICKMAN / GBR / Honda - Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Honda / 25:07.845 / 24.711 11 / Tommy BRIDEWELL / GBR / Honda - Bathams Honda / 25:09.157 / 26.023 12 / Michael RUTTER / GBR / Honda - Bathams Honda / 25:15.931 / 32.797 13 / Jakub SMRZ / CZE / Honda - Padgetts Honda / 25:16.175 / 33.041 14 / Matteo BAIOCCO / ITA / Ducati - Rapido Sport Racing / 25:17.137 / 34.003 15 / Howie MAINWARING / GBR / Kawasaki - MH Kawasaki / 25:18.336 / 35.202 Fastest lap: Alex LOWES GBR Honda - Samsung Honda Lap 4 48.948 150.47 Km/h RACE2: POS / RIDER / NAT / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP 1 / Shane BYRNE / GBR / Kawasaki - Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki / 24:37.718 / 2 / Josh BROOKES / AUS / Suzuki - Tyco Suzuki / 24:38.532 / 0.814 3 / Ryuichi KIYONARI / JPN / Honda - Samsung Honda / 24:46.355 / 8.637 4 / Alex LOWES / GBR / Honda - Samsung Honda / 24:50.441 / 12.723 5 / Chris WALKER / GBR / Kawasaki - Quattro Plant Kawasaki / 24:53.338 / 15.620 6 / James WESTMORELAND / GBR / BMW - Buildbase BMW Motorrad / 24:57.520 / 19.802 7 / PJ JACOBSEN / USA / Suzuki - Tyco Suzuki / 25:01.100 / 23.382 8 / Jon KIRKHAM / GBR / BMW - Buildbase BMW Motorrad / 25:01.585 / 23.867 9 / Peter HICKMAN / GBR / Honda - Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Honda / 25:01.810 / 24.092 10 / Howie MAINWARING / GBR / Kawasaki - MH Kawasaki / 25:08.778 / 31.060 11 / Matteo BAIOCCO / ITA / Ducati - Rapido Sport Racing / 25:08.839 / 31.121 12 / Dan LINFOOT / GBR / Honda - Lloyds British GBmoto Racing Honda / 25:09.648 / 31.930 13 / Keith FARMER / GBR / Kawasaki - Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki / 25:15.394 / 37.676 14 / Lee COSTELLO / GBR / Kawasaki - Halsall Racing Kawasaki / 24:41.713 / 1 Lap 15 / Aaron ZANOTTI / GBR / Suzuki - STEL Suzuki / 25:11.091 / 1 Lap Fastest lap: Josh BROOKES AUS Suzuki - Tyco Suzuki Lap 29 48.769 151.03 Km/h CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS: 1 BYRNE 166, 2 BROOKES 136, 3 LOWES 130, 4 ELLISON 80, 5 KIRKHAM 76, 6 WALKER 65, 7 KIYONARI 59, 8 WESTMORELAND 56, 9 FARMER 50, 10 JACOBSEN 47, 11 HICKMAN 41, 12 BRIDEWELL 38, 13 MAINWARING 29, 14 SMRZ 23, 15 RUTTER 23. NEXT EVENT: ROUND05 JULY 7, SNETTERTON
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:36:18 +0000
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