Biaggi delighted with first win of season
Added on Monday, June 20th, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor
Biaggi delighted with first win of season
Max Biaggi could not hide his delight at claiming his first win on the World Superbikes season, although the defending champion admits that he is not thinking about the title race.
Biaggi claimed a first victory of 2011 at Aragon in race two yesterday, ending a run of three successive second place finishes, but despite his obvious happiness at securing the win, he conceded that it had been a long time coming.
“I am truly happy. This is the first victory with the number one on the fairing,” he claimed. “I think it could have happened a lot sooner. Unfortunately there was always some circumstance that kept it from us, but we deserve it and I will enjoy it with my team.
“I must thank the team. We worked very hard and between the two races we were also able to change something on my RSV4 which allowed me to push even harder and to be fast and consistent all the way to the end. These are very close races where any slight hesitation can compromise everything. But I dare say that this was a decisive victory, in front from the first metre to the last.”
But despite the result, Biaggi admitted that he was not looking at the rider’s standings, admitting that he is still a long way off leader Carlos Checa. “I am certainly not celebrating because of the points I earned,” claimed the Italian. “I did not overtake anyone and there is little to celebrate where the standings are concerned. What matters to me is to have truly won. Now I want to ride good races and keep winning, but we need to make the entire bike-tyres package competitive. It hasn’t always been so up to now, so I hope that from here on we can change something”.
