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| Press releases & team newsXevier Simeon (Ducati Xerox Junior Team) Finishes Second And Moves Into Lead. Daniele Beretta Eighth
Misano World Circuit - Misano Adriatico (Italy), Sunday 21st June 2009 – Xavier Simeon finished today’s fourth round of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup at Misano as runner-up and, with this result, the Belgian rider now holds the championship lead. Team-mate Beretta made a good recovery to finish in eighth.
Heavy rain persisted for the first half of the morning and meant that all riders completed the warm-up on rain tyres. Xavier made a good start in the race but then took a fall almost immediately, without causing himself or his bike damage. At the same time a serious accident on the start line, fortunately without grave consequences, led to a red flag and the race was postponed until late afternoon. Starting over, Xavier again made a fast getaway but contact with another rider in the first corners caused him to drop back. Simeon fought back to gain second position but at this point he had no possibility to catch runaway leader Berger. Xavier moves into first position in the classification thanks to today’s second place finish.
Xavier Simeon
“I am happy in a way but not totally satisfied, we’ve been lucky today. This morning I came off in the pouring rain but the red flag meant that I was able to line up for the restarted race in the afternoon. I made a strong start but at least one rider made contact with me and nearly caused me to crash. Some of the guys got back onto the track ahead of me, without much regard to those coming up behind, another obstacle that hindered me further. My fast pace meant I was able to get past many of my rivals but once I moved into second place I realised that Berger was too far ahead for me to be able to catch him. This is my fourth consecutive second place finish and I now lead the championship, but at Donington I want to celebrate a win.”
Daniele Beretta didn’t get off the linea s quickly as Simeon and was also caught up in the confusion of the opening lap but the young Italian nonetheless knew how to ride the race, keeping up a very fast pace in order to move through the field from fifteenth to eighth position.
Daniele Beretta
“This morning it was raining very heavily and it was a relief to be able to run the race this afternoon in the sun instead. After the start there was total chaos and, in order to keep from falling, I had to slow down and in doing so lost contact with the frontrunners. But I then kept up the pace and was able to pass several riders. To finish eighth isn’t the best results but I am fairly happy seeing how I struggled in qualifying.”
- M.M.Berger (Honda) in 15m07.296 in an average of 150,913 km/h
- Xavier Simeon (Ducati Xerox Junior Team) 5.596s
- S.Barrier (Yamaha) 8.647s
- C.Corti (Suzuki) 8.907s
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- Xavier Simeon 80
- C.Corti 74 points
- M.Berger 66
- J.Fores 51
- S.Barrier 43
- Daniele Beretta 36
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