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Just one premature twist of the hand caused the low point of Randy de Puniet’s season so far. The Frenchman was
unable to complete the first lap of the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland as he was hurled his LCR Honda RC212V, bringing
a smash-free and points scoring half season, to an finale.
De Puniet had gone thirteen rounds without a crash before
his fall in Germany. His last Sunday tumble was at last year’s race in Misano, where coincidentally he also returned
to the garage before the completion of lap one.
“I am very disappointed, because I had a good start and was
in third position behind Pedrosa,” stated the Honda rider, who had qualified six even though both his bikes were damaged
in practice.
“After that I made a mistake in the first right corner because I opened the throttle too early,
suffering a big highside. I feel lucky as I escaped unhurt from the crash, but this is bad for me and the team -especially
for the championship,” he says.
De Puniet is sitting tenth in the World Championship, with five points apart
from Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen, in the vie for eighth.
He now centres his attention on the following
round. “We could have finished in the top five as we had the speed to make an amazing race. However, we will start again
from zero in Donington.”
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