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august 03, 2015 - Honda Pro Racing
WSBK - Pata Honda, Double fourth in Malaysia for Sylvain Guintoli
Honda’s Sylvain Guintoli finished fourth in both tenth round World Superbike championship races which were held at a hot and steamy Sepang International Circuit near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia today. The races were won by British riders Jonathan Rea and Chaz Davies.
Starting from the front row of the grid, Guintoli was aware of how important tyre management would be on his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP over the 16 laps of the 5.543km Sepang circuit and the French rider dropped a few places in the early stages of the first race.
However, as the laps were ticked off, Guintoli reeled in several riders with tyre performance issues in front of him, including British rider Tom Sykes on the final lap, to record his best result of the season.
Guintoli, 33, got a superb start to race two and was able to avoid a crash that took out wildcard Max Biaggi. He was also able fend off the attentions of his Pata Honda team-mate Michael van der Mark, 22, who enjoyed a great surge forward from his starting position of 12th on the grid.
Van der Mark had suffered an electrical problem that had forced his retirement from race one but the Dutch rider was happy enough to battle back to a top five finish to take into the summer break, following which the series will reconvene at Jerez in Spain on 18-20 September.
Sylvain Guintoli - 4th & 4th
It’s been a really good weekend for us and we were able to find some pace on the qualifying tyre yesterday which gave us a front row start for the races. It’s very positive for us and, at the risk of repeating myself, the whole team has been working very hard throughout the season and it looks like it’s paying off. They were both very tough races today and I had to push very hard but it’s good to take those performances into the summer break. Unfortunately, there are no prizes for fourth but we’re chipping away; we are not too far off now and we’re getting a better understanding. We’ll work hard to find extra performance and we’ll try to finish the championship strong over the last three rounds.
Michael van der Mark - DNF & 5th
We must be happy with fifth place in race two but I’m not so happy with the DNF in the first race and with the way that some of our race days have gone this season. I got a great start in race two and had a good battle with Sylvain and I was able to pass Leon Haslam on the last lap. I think I would have been able to battle for fourth or fifth also in race one but it was not to be.
Pieter Breddels - technical co-ordinator
We’ve had quite a good day, which followed Sylvain’s front row qualifying yesterday. He didn’t have a great start to race one but he kept a good rhythm and was able to pass some riders who had tyre problems later in the race. He got a really good start in race two and ran in second for a while before dropping to fourth again, but we are quite pleased with those results. Michael had an unfortunate DNF due to a technical issue in race one but he also had a good start to race two and worked his way to the front had a fight with Sylvain and Leon Haslam, who he was able to pass on the last lap for fifth. That was a really good effort, especially after his disappointment from race one. The hard work of the team this season has started to pay off at last in the last few races and these results today are a real ly positive way to go into the summer break.
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