Also I didn’t feel very confidant with a full tank, I couldn’t stop the bike as well as I wanted and had to be careful in some parts of the track when hard on the brakes.
On lap 7 I entered the corner on to the back straight no different to what I had done in qualifying and the front bounced twice and then folded, with no chance of getting it back. The bike was far to damaged to continue and that was the end of my race. The only explanation for it was the extra weight of the full tank just loading up the front end that bit too much.
Obviously it’s another huge disappointment because the race wasn’t going too bad until that point. Maybe looking back I should have bided my time a bit more and waited for the fuel load to go down even more, but I could see Corsi and Debon getting away and I thought I could run with them.
This weekend is Malaysia and it’s a track I really enjoy. I finished 9th there last year and a repeat of that would be nice but no guarantees with the way things are going at the moment! I’ll be trying...
Chaz#57!
