Vallelunga; Superstocks News
Added on Monday, October 1st, 2007 by Carole Nash Editor
Vallelunga; Superstocks News
On the ultra fast technical circuit Roberts secured a good start, which saw him hold his position into the first corner. As the leading pack broke away Roberts matched their every move and was stuck on the back of them and was ensuring that they did not make a break and bridge too much of a gap. Riding almost pillion to his teammate Nicola Canepa, he was determined to secure a podium results and was consistently setting fast lap times to be able to achieve that.
By lap seven Roberts was through to fourth place when race leader Mark Aitchison crashed out allowing Roberts to gain a position and a foot on the podium. Fighting hard and shadowing his teammate he was looking extremely smooth and in control. Running slightly wide into one turn allowed Badovini to slip underneath him but the Italian forced Roberts to sit up through the gravel trap into the next turn. Staying on the throttle Roberts was eager to regain the podium place but lost too much time and had to settle for fourth. He now currently lies in ninth position in the overall Championship standings.
Commenting he said “I’m pretty pleased with the result today as it’s been one of my strongest results all year in the European Championship. The bike felt really good and we found a strong race set up early in the weekend, which certainly help progress things today. I felt comfortable from the start and just settled into a rhythm. I was staying in touch with the front runners and I’m disappointed that Ayrton sat up on me and forced me to run wide, I had no where to go and had to go across the gravel. Luckily I kept the 1098 upright and brought it home in fourth place. I’m hoping for a strong result at Magny Cours next weekend.”
The final round of the Championship is next weekend at Magny Cours, France, 5th – 7th October.
