Silverstone; MSS Discovery Race Report
Added on Wednesday, June 16th, 2004 by Carole Nash Editor
Silverstone; MSS Discovery Race Report
MSS DISCOVERY’S RIBA SCOOPS SEVENTH PLACE
MSS Discovery Kawasaki’s Pere Riba took seventh place as the team made its World Supersport Championship debut in round six of the series at Silverstone on Sunday.
Riba, starting from a front row third place, was involved in a battle with Frenchman Sebastien Charpentier in the closing stages, eventually pipping the Honda-mounted rider for seventh.
“I’m happy with the finish and the fact that I ran with the leading group for more than half of the race,” admitted Riba who finished less then 10 seconds behind winner Fabien Foret in the 19-lap race.
Riba continued: “I’m really pleased that the ZX-6RR is so close to challenging for a World Supersport Championship win and in only our first race, as a team, at this level.
With about six or seven laps to go I began to struggle a little. The front tyre was worn and my riding style means I use the front tyre a lot more than most riders. But the rear tyre was great throughout the race and I’m really
pleased that we’ve all gained a lot of experience in readiness for next week’s British Supersport round at Brands Hatch.”
Joint team owner Stuart Simmonds commented: “We have no complaints, a thoroughly professional job by all. We came here hoping to qualify on the second row and Pere put it on the front. We were then looking to sneak into the top 10 and ended up seventh, a solid performance throughout.”
World Supersport Championship race result (19 laps 59.47 miles): 1 Fabien Foret, France (Yamaha) 37m 33.642s 94.92mph, 2 Karl Muggeridge, Australia (Honda) +0.043s, 3 Broc Parkes, Australia (Honda) +0.303s, 4 Lorenzo Lanzi,
Italy (Ducati) +0.763s, 5 Kevin Curtain, Australi (Yamaha) +2.598s, 6 Jurgen van den Goorbergh, Holland (Yamaha) +3.429s, 7 Pere Riba, Spain (MSS Discovery Kawasaki) +9.255s, 8 Sebastien Charpentier, France (Honda)
+9.448s, 9 Alessio Corradi, Italy (Honda) +20.385s, 10 Stephane Chambon, France (Suzuki) +20.605s.
World Supersport Championship points after six of 10 rounds: 1 Muggeridge 107, 2 Van den Goorbergh, 3 Parkes 69, 4 Curtain 58, 5 Foret 55, 6 Lanzi 50, 7 Charpentier 48, 8 Chambon 45, 9 Katsuaki Fujiwara, Japan (Suzuki) 44, 10 Max Neukirchner, Germany (Honda) 36. 19 Riba 9.
Next round: Brands Hatch, GB July 30-August 1
