News 25 May 2011

Vermeulen forced out of American round of World Superbike

Chris Vermeulen won't race this weekend in the U.S, instead testing next month for Kawasaki.

Chris Vermeulen won't race this weekend in the U.S, instead testing next month for Kawasaki.

Australia’s Chris Vermeulen has confirmed he’ll sit out this weekend’s Miller Motorsport Park round of the Superbike World Championship in the United States.

Vermeulen will continue his recuperation in Europe during the MMP weekend, but he will test at Aragon in early June to get some welcome track time on his Ninja ZX-10R machine outside of the pressures of a regular race weekend.

This special test will show how his recently injured left elbow has healed up since the previous round at Monza as well as giving him the chance to try our different machine settings and learn a circuit he has never been to before.

Aragon is KRT’s designated test track, and the venue for the seventh round of the championship.

“It is disappointing to not race in America but my injuries are still healing,” Vermeulen explained. “The good thing is they are improving. The decision was taken with the team and Kawasaki to miss the race and concentrate on testing.

“That’s not only for myself to get some time under my belt away from the racing, but also to get more information about the bike. That means I should hopefully come back strong at Misano which is a track I know quite well.

“I have never ridden at Aragon before so it will be good to get some track time in and learn the track before we go there after Misano.”

Vermeulen was ruled out of early rounds in the series with a knee injury, however a nasty elbow gash forced him out of the recent Monza round in Italy.

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