Magny Cours - Race 1: 5th, Race 2: 9th
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner had grip problems in both races and ended fifth in the first race and ninth in the second. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) finished third in race one and that was enough to give him the Superbike World Championship title, with one round (Portimao) remaining.
Max: “I don’t want to say this weekend has been bad, but that’s how it is. In the first race, I lost grip very soon and the rear was spinning a lot. I rode the bike as hard as I could and managed to finish the race, so perhaps eighth is not that bad. We changed to a softer rear spring for race two, but the bike felt the same! The rear was spinning a bit more and it was difficult getting the bike to change direction. If we had not lost day one of practice because of the bad conditions, maybe we would’ve found a better set-up for the bike for today. But that’s the way it is sometimes and it’s better I forget about today and start thinking positively about Portimao.”
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