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Press releases & team newsXavier Simeon comes a close second at Monza; Fourth place finish for Beretta
Monza (Italy) Sunday 10th May 2009: second place on the podium for Xavier Simeon at Monza who, having fought hard against Claudio Corti for the entire race, missed out on first by a fraction of a second. A strong fourth place for Daniele Beretta.
Today’s Superstock 1000 round provided the Monza fans with a great spectacle that saw the Ducati 1198 machines of the Ducati Xerox Junior Team up at the front of the pack. Xavier Simeon was up there with Corti, Colucci and Fores for the entire 11 laps of the race. The Belgian rider rode according to a strategy, trying to force his rivals into making an error. Left alone with Corti, Xavier made his pass at the last curve putting everything he had into riding through the Parabolica. A small mistake allowed the Italian to remain on the inside of Simeon and accelerate faster than the Ducati rider. A photo finish saw Simeon lose out on the win by a few centimetres.
Xavier Simeon
"To lose by a few hundredths of a second doesn’t make me very happy of course because I feel I had prepared a good race strategy. I wasn’t able to pull away because the battle with Colucci and Fores slowed me down more than once. I tried to let Corti pass me so I could remain there in his slipstream but he stayed behind until the end. Entering the Parabolica I went slightly wide and this helped Corti. In the championship we are divided now by just one point which doesn’t worry me too much but it will be a hard season."
It was probably only due to a small falter in his start that Daniele Beretta missed out on a podium place today. The young Italian was passed by several riders on the start line meaning he had many positions to then make up. This he did though and he concluded the race in fourth, his best result of the season so far.
Daniele Beretta
"I held the clutch for a fraction of a second too long on the start line so that when the bike moved away it wheelied, meaning I had to shut off the gas. Many riders then passed me and I was more careful than usual going through the first corner. After that I really started to ride, fast, in order to make up the places lost. I’m sorry to have not been able to finish on the podium but my bike today was really perfect."
- C.Corti (Suzuki) in 20’10’’356 in an average of 189,533 km/h
- Xavier Simeon (Ducati 1198 Xerox Junior Team) 0.010s
- J.Fores (Kawasaki) 4.550s
- Daniele Beretta (Ducati 1198 Xerox Junior Team) a 6.777s
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- C.Corti 61 points
- Xavier Simeon 60
- J.Fores 42
- M.Berger 41
- Daniele Beretta 28
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