Another Hot Race Awaits Joan and Katsuaki

2010-07-06 19:28
Brno is traditionally a hot and testing environment to race in, a fact not lost on Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara as they enter the ninth round of the often-busy WSB season.

Katsuaki is largely recovered from a nasty bout of appendicitis that prevented him from racing at Misano last time out, and he is ready for his final medical checks to be carried out before he takes to the track in the Czech Republic.

Joan is ready and hopefully able to notch up another win in WSS, having secured victory in Valencia, and podiums in all but one WSS race so far in 2010.

A recent test for Joan at Imola was a good springboard close to the Brno race weekend, with the Provec Motocard.com team finding advances in suspension front and rear. Brno has some similarities to Imola, but the track surface in the Czech Republic is much smoother, and there are more geometric corners than the different shapes and sizes found in Imola.

As the team’s recent record shows, no matter the track, the Ninja ZX-6R has been able to perform and score heavily, and Joan is ready to make up more ground in the championship chase. He is currently third, only 13 points from the lead, and ten points from second.

Katsuaki is still inside the top ten despite losing another points scoring chance due to his illness.

Eleventh overall is the Kawasaki Lorenzini by Leoni Ninja ZX-6R of 2002 World Champion Fabien Foret, a rider who is looking to score his first podium of the year.

Joan Lascorz: “I am completely ready for Brno, especially after a positive test at Imola where we found some good developments with the machine and the set-up. After the Imola tests I went to the Montmelo GP, to see some friends, but I have still been working hard to get ready for the Czech race. We have a lot of races left and the championship is very tight, so we have to concentrate to beat the other riders in the races.”

Katsuaki Fujiwara: “It was a bad surprise to have suddenly taken ill before the last round in Italy, but I feel much better now. I will have to take an exam from the doctor on Wednesday but I have been feeling stronger every day. I am sorry I also missed the test at Imola but the team did very good work there, so I am looking forward to riding the bike again.”

Source: Kawasaki Racing Team

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