Le Mans race track and Australian Chris Vermeulen have a strong history therefore it should be no surprise that Vermeulen
recorded his best result of the year so far at the Le Mans circuit over the weekend with a well earned 6th place.
The
Rizla Suzuki rider and his team mate Loris Capirossi reviewed their Grand Prix de France experiences, in a race that both
riders finished the weekend in the top ten in a difficult wet-dry race in France.
Loris Capirossi
had this to say about his race "We changed to a slick tyre really early on in the race and it was still a bit too wet
to do that. It wasn't really a mistake, more a gamble that didn't work, as I made a couple of mistakes on the damp
patches and ran off. I tried to keep my rhythm, but I found I had the same problem as yesterday that when the track dried
out I just didn't have enough grip. I tried hard, but Colin went past in the last few laps and I just didn't have
enough to attack him back. We have now finished our work here and we must try to take the good points from it and think about
the future and the next couple of races."
Chris Vermeulen also added "It was a really
difficult race - which I am sure everyone else will say. We started on wets and we hadn't done any wet testing so it was
really tough for the engineers to get the bike set up for the conditions. They did a really good job and the bike felt reasonable,
but if it had been a practice session we would certainly have come in to make changes. When the track started to dry out I
saw Rossi crash and thought that it wasn't dry enough for slicks yet, so I stayed out a bit longer - probably a couple
of laps too long - and it made things a bit difficult towards the end. We finished sixth and that is our best result so far
this season and it gives us some good points. Now we are looking to improve on that in Mugello."
The
race at Mugello promises to be jam packed with excitement and phenomenal riding as many riders will be looking to impress
in Italy.
