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'Extremely unusual' problems at Suzuki.

Monday, 5th May 2008

Rizla Suzuki riders Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen both suffered unusual 'transmission' problems during Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix.

"For Loris it was his most competitive race on a Suzuki so far, and he had the pace to finish at least in the top five if everything had gone to plan," said Denning. "Unfortunately he made a mistake early on - which can happen when you are pushing to the maximum - and although he fought back to seventh he was denied by a similar problem to Chris."

Suzuki's race day problems were witness by Masahito Nishikawa, general manager of the factory's Motorcycle Engine Design Department.

"It has been a good experience for me to visit the team and work with them here in China," he said. "I will now take my report back to the Factory and make sure that we can start to be more competitive. We will try to take the steps we need to make this bike a race winner."

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