Monday, 2nd June 2008

Hopkins suffers second mechanical fault in a row, resulting in a 'big crash' - West sounds 'like a stuck record'.

"This was another disappointing weekend for the Kawasaki Racing Team," admitted Kawasaki competition manager Michael Bartholemy. "We made some quite major changes to set-up ahead of the race, which certainly worked for John, but then this improvement was undone when a technical problem caused him to crash out of the race. Once again, Anthony battled on to the end, riding around the problems he's having with rear traction to finish in the points. We are obviously working to solve this issue, but with so many races in such a short space of time, it's not proving easy. After two retirements in as many races, now we must focus on getting both riders to the finish line in Catalunya."

The Catalan Grand Prix, round seven of the 2008 MotoGP World Champiosnhip, takes place on Sunday.

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