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Round 4 - MisanoSunday Jun 21 2009Round 4 - Misano
XAVIER SIMEON (DUCATI XEROX JUNIOR TEAM) FINISHES
SECOND AND MOVES INTO LEAD. DANIELE BERETTA EIGHTH
Misano World Circuit - Misano Adriatico
(Italy), Sunday 21st June 2009 – Xavier Simeon finished
today’s fourth round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup
at Misano as runner-up and, with this result, the Belgian
rider now holds the championship lead. Team-mate Beretta made
a good recovery to finish in eighth.
Heavy rain persisted for the first half of the morning and
meant that all riders completed the warm-up on rain tyres.
Xavier made a good start in the race but then took a fall
almost immediately, without causing himself or his bike damage.
At the same time a serious accident on the start line, fortunately
without grave consequences, led to a red flag and the race
was postponed until late afternoon. Starting over, Xavier
again made a fast getaway but contact with another rider in
the first corners caused him to drop back. Simeon fought back
to gain second position but at this point he had no possibility
to catch runaway leader Berger. Xavier moves into first position
in the classification thanks to today’s second place
finish.
XAVIER SIMEON – “I am
happy in a way but not totally satisfied, we’ve been
lucky today. This morning I came off in the pouring rain but
the red flag meant that I was able to line up for the restarted
race in the afternoon. I made a strong start but at least
one rider made contact with me and nearly caused me to crash.
Some of the guys got back onto the track ahead of me, without
much regard to those coming up behind, another obstacle that
hindered me further. My fast pace meant I was able to get
past many of my rivals but once I moved into second place
I realised that Berger was too far ahead for me to be able
to catch him. This is my fourth consecutive second place finish
and I now lead the championship, but at Donington I want to
celebrate a win.”
Daniele Beretta didn’t get off
the linea s quickly as Simeon and was also caught up in the
confusion of the opening lap but the young Italian nonetheless
knew how to ride the race, keeping up a very fast pace in
order to move through the field from fifteenth to eighth position.
DANIELE BERETTA – “This
morning it was raining very heavily and it was a relief to
be able to run the race this afternoon in the sun instead.
After the start there was total chaos and, in order to keep
from falling, I had to slow down and in doing so lost contact
with the frontrunners. But I then kept up the pace and was
able to pass several riders. To finish eighth isn’t
the best results but I am fairly happy seeing how I struggled
in qualifying.”
Race result:
1.M.M.Berger (Honda) in 15m07.296 in an average of 150,913
km/h;
2.Xavier Simeon (Ducati Xerox Junior Team) 5.596s;
3.S.Barrier (Yamaha) 8.647s;
4.C.Corti (Suzuki) 8.907s…
8.Daniele Beretta (Ducati Xerox Junior Team) 13.509s…
Classification:
1.Xavier Simeon 80 points;
2.C.Corti 74;
3.M.Berger 66; 4.J.Fores 51;
4.S.Barrier 43….
6.Daniele Beretta 36…..
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