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For the Pramac Racing squad, the decision of two MotoGP rookies in their season's line-up was a courageous bet and
it has proven to be a mixture of results so far.
The Ducati satellite squad allowed Mika Kallio and Niccolò
Canepa their premier class breaks this season and even though Kallio has not enjoyed immediate succession he has definately
outdone his Italian colleague, with some excellent top ten results allowing him a short race with the Ducati Marlboro squad
while Casey Stoner recovers from illness.
Stating the good performances, Pramac Racing team boss Paolo Campinoti
commented on the contribution to the squads's dreams when asked to summarise the season so far, “The biggest satisfaction
of the season was to see Kallio evolve so quickly as a rider over the course of the year,” Campinoti says. “The
highlight was in Assen, when he was able to follow some top guys, having a wonderful race, but unfortunately he crashed on
the last corner. He could have got a great result but at least he proved his potential and gave us a thrilling race.”
On the concluding results of the squad, which was excelled from the efforts of Kallio’s short term replacement
Aleix Espargaró, who was 13th and 11th at Indianapolis and Misano in his initial MotoGP events, Campinoti adds, “We
are quite happy with the development the team has had during the season.”
“We had some problems at
the beginning, mainly because our two riders were new to MotoGP, so we had to wait for them to learn the bike. They improved
a lot and we can now look forward to the rest of the season.”
He now looks ahead to the remaining events
of the season by commenting, “I think we will continue to improve and our riders should be able to spring a nice surprise
before the season ends.”
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