Forma boots Valencia WSBK report

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Max Neukirchner achieved a superb podium position in the first Superbike race at Spain's Valencia circuit, finishing third behind Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio. He also led the first four laps of race two, but then began to suffer grip problems and eventually crossed the line a respectable seventh.

Max Neukirchner :“I think that generally this has been a hard weekend for us and the closeness of the lap times in qualifying didn’t make it any easier. We tried many things to make the bike faster and although we improved it, I don’t think it was enough. Race one was very good and I was happy to get a podium. We used the same bike in race two, but the bike just didn’t work as well as it had done in race one. I managed to lead for the first four laps, but then the grip level went down. Maybe part of the problem was that the track temperature was higher and that affected the characteristics of the bike”.

Max wears Forma F1 boots and is currently third in WSBK.

Forma boot up a gear on Phillip Island

Max Neukirchner started the 2009 WSBK season with a second and sixth place on his new GSX-R Suzuki and his
new F1 Forma boots. In race one at Phillip Island Max made a good start and managed to stay with the front group, crossing the line in second after a hard fought race. At the start of race two Neukirchner made contact with another rider, but managed to fight his way through the pack to finish in sixth position. Max is now second in Superbike championship standing.

Two other riders are competing at world level in Forma boots this year. After just one year in world Supersport, David Salom moves up to world Superbike with Team
Pedercini Kawasaki. In Phillip Island David ended race one in twenty first place, and race two in twenty fifth - a good experience for the young Spanish rider in a hugely competitive championship. In Supersport French rider Matthieu Lagrive, four times Endurance world champion, began the season with his new HANNspree Honda Althea team on a CBR 600 RR. Following a poor start he reached the eleventh
position, making some good points for his championship campaign.

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