MotoGP
Malaysian GP: Team Roberts race notes
ROBERTS RECOVERS TO SEVENTH AFTER BAD START Sepang, Malaysia - September 10, 2006: Kenny Roberts Jr finished seventh in today's Malaysian GP at the Sepang circuit, recovering positions in the closing stages after getting a bad start from the ...
Edited: Dec 11, 2006, 4:16 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
ROBERTS RECOVERS TO SEVENTH AFTER BAD START
Sepang, Malaysia - September 10, 2006: Kenny Roberts Jr finished seventh in today's Malaysian GP at the Sepang circuit, recovering positions in the closing stages after getting a bad start from the second row of the grid.
Riding an England-built machine that married a Honda V5 engine to a Team Roberts chassis, the 2000 World Champion finished less than half a second ahead of Casey Stoner (Honda), who had been his last victim.
It was a strong ride, but disappointing after having qualified fourth, only to lose that advantage in the first few yards of the race. But the result still shows the growing strength of the independent constructor's challenge to the full factory machines. Only the two full factory Hondas were ahead, with the KR211V ahead of all the satellite-team machines, using the same engine. Roberts used a modified version of the second-generation chassis that he first raced to the podium at the Catalunyan GP.
The race was won by defending champion Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) from Loris Capirossi (Ducati) after a breathtaking battle over 21 laps of the sweeping 5.548 km circuit, close to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport outside the capital city.
The next race is the Australian GP at Phillip Island, in one week.
KENNY ROBERTS JUNIOR - Seventh Position
I got a bad start - just didn't get off the line well, and that put me in a bad place for the entire race. I was overshooting a lot of these slow corners trying to be aggressive. It took me a while to smooth out and by the time I did, I was where I was at.
I just tried to stay smooth. When John (Hopkins) got past and went after Casey (Stoner), I was able to catch Casey too. I passed him, and I wanted to make a run at John, but I needed another couple of laps.
KENNY ROBERTS - TEAM OWNER
I wasn't really confident going into it, so I think that was probably the best we could have hoped for. In practice, again we are doing the one or two laps that put us up there, but I think he is disguising at that point some of the weaknesses we've got. He was having trouble all weekend getting off the slower corners without spinning, and it just magnifies it in the race, especially after a bad start. When he gets ahead, he's okay because it slows them down on the corner exit too. We really didn't have enough time with the new chassis to work that out.
-credit: tr
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Malaysian GP: Bridgestone race notes
Next article Standings after Australian GP
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Valentino Rossi
Marc Marquez to read Valentino Rossi’s new book “when I retire” from MotoGP
MotoGP
MotoGP
San Marino GP
Marc Marquez to read Valentino Rossi’s new book “when I retire” from MotoGP
Valentino Rossi abandons Nordschleife Permit plans for 2026
Endurance
Endurance
NLS8
Valentino Rossi abandons Nordschleife Permit plans for 2026
Lando Norris earns emotional praise from MotoGP icon Valentino Rossi
Formula 1
Formula 1
Belgian GP
Lando Norris earns emotional praise from MotoGP icon Valentino Rossi
Latest news
WEC: Barcelona 6 Hours schedule and TV times
WEC
WEC WEC
Barcelona
52 min
WEC: Barcelona 6 Hours schedule and TV times
Brennan Poole joins Jordan Anderson Racing for 2027 NASCAR O'Reilly season
NASCAR O'Reilly
NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly
Phoenix II
2 h
Brennan Poole joins Jordan Anderson Racing for 2027 NASCAR O'Reilly season
Kaden Honeycutt wins incident-free Phoenix NASCAR Truck race, extends points lead
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck
Phoenix
6 h
Kaden Honeycutt wins incident-free Phoenix NASCAR Truck race, extends points lead
GTA VI 'Vice City' blimp to appear at NASCAR championship weekend
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Phoenix II
11 h
GTA VI 'Vice City' blimp to appear at NASCAR championship weekend
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe