Walker Fights Hard to Go 12th in Misano

Chris Walker made a vast improvement on his qualifying performance to finish 12th in the San Marino WSS race on his GIL Kawasaki, pushing hard throughout to make up for a 24th grid placing.

Katsuaki Fujiwara had an unsatisfactory raceday, finishing his race on lap ten, while sitting 21st at the time. His machine had developed a technical problem and he had to pit before retiring.

Even in the high temperatures of 33°C that afflicted the race, Waker kept a strong pace to the end, and was rewarded by more points and retention of his overall 11th place in the championship.

For the whole team Brno presents the next chance for improvement in the 2008 fortunes, on July 20th.

Chris Walker:

“I tried every single lap every single time and did one of my fastest laps with one lap to go. But I just couldn’t push any harder than I did. At the start, like normal, I got away OK. So to finish 12th from 24th on the grid can’t be too bad really. I was consistent all race we just need to be consistently faster.”

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Walker Fights Hard to Go 12th in Misano

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