Troy Corser on Assen and his new BMW | World SBK
- From: TRS Media | Published: April 25th, 2009 - 5:19 pm
Friday: “It’s another new racetrack for us, so once again there’s lots to do and try out. Considering all the work we did, I am happy enough with 11th at the end of the day, especially when you think that I’m only half a second off third place! We have some ideas about what to do tomorrow and hopefully we can improve the bike. At the moment, it’s not the way I want it, so that’s something that we will have to work on tomorrow, but I’m sure we can make the bike better. ”
“My left hand is a bit sore after two sessions on the bike. I hurt it in the Monza tests recently and had it checked out afterwards to make sure nothing was broken. It was OK this morning, but it became quite a bit sore in the afternoon session and I found it hard changing direction. Also, it felt a bit painful when I braked hard for the turns. I’m hoping that it will improve overnight and I will be able to push as hard as I want tomorrow.”
Saturday: “It’s getting a bit hard to work out what’s happening to us in Superpole, with the qualifying tires. Same bike, same tires – different feeling. I did a 1:38.339 in Superpole 1 and was second fastest overall. I used the same bike and the same type of qualifying tire in Superpole 2. In Superpole 2, I finished six tenths of a second slower!”
“Tomorrow is going to be another tough day, starting from the fourth row, but at least I have proved in the past that I can start from way down the grid and still get up with the front guys after a lap or two. Fortunately my left hand feels better today and it only gives me a bit of a problem on left-handers and on heavy braking. I will continue to have treatment in the Clinica Mobile and decide whether or not to have any painkillers after the morning warm-up. Hopefully, it will be ok, I will make two good starts and get some decent finishes.”
