News 18 Apr 2011

Aitchison's Assen top 10 a confident boost in rookie WSBK season

Gosford's Mark Aitchison took a top 10 finish in race one at Assen on Sunday.

Gosford's Mark Aitchison took a top 10 finish in race one at Assen on Sunday.

Rookie World Superbike campaigner Mark Aitchison enjoyed his best showing of season 2011 with a buoyant top 10 finish in race one at Assen on Sunday.

Aitchison, from the Central Coast in New South Wales, scored a stunning 10th in race one at the Dutch venue, and he admits that it felt good to make great inroads on the leaders as the Pedercini Kawasaki team further develops the all-new ZX-10R.

“In our first race today I really enjoyed myself on the bike and managed to enter inside the top 10 for the first time,” he reflected.

“The bike felt good, like other times during the qualifying and practice, so I knew we can make a good result. My team was very happy also for the result which has made all our hard work worthwhile.”

A sensor fault ruled Aitchison out of race two, but he was pleased with how the weekend went in his best WSBK result yet in three rounds.

“In the second race during the first laps I experienced a problem with the bike and had to stop as a result,” Atcho added.

“We found that we had a speed sensor problem on the front of the bike and this causing the bike not to run correctly.

“In any case I have enjoyed my weekend in Assen and I thank my team for all their hard work.”

With his performance in race one, Aitchison was credited top Kawasaki ahead of the factory team trio of Tom Sykes, Joan Lascorz and the injured Chris Vermeulen.

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