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LEON AND SYLVAIN FIRED UP FOR THE SEASON FINALE Team Suzuki Alstare riders Leon Haslam and Sylvain Guintoli go into this weekend's season final at Magny-Cours fired up and ready to end this year's championship on the podium. Leon aims to make up ...
Published: Oct 2, 2010, 12:47 PM
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LEON AND SYLVAIN FIRED UP FOR THE SEASON FINALE
Team Suzuki Alstare riders Leon Haslam and Sylvain Guintoli go into this weekend's season final at Magny-Cours fired up and ready to end this year's championship on the podium. Leon aims to make up for last weekend's disappointment at Imola and would like nothing better to put one over on newly-crowned champion Max Biaggi. If it had not have been for Leon's engine failure in last weekend's second race, there still would've been all to play for at the French circuit this weekend.
Since Imola, Leon has had a chance to rest his left knee and is sure to be in much better shape than last weekend when he gad to have a series of pain-killing injections in order to race. Although his knee is a long way from perfect, the young Briton will be giving 100 per cent as usual and trying to sign off the season in style.
His team mate Sylvain Guintoli would also like to end with a flourish, having been close to the podium on several occasions, but not quite getting there. As it is also his 'home' race, Sylvain would like to finish with a podium (or two) and give all his friends a family something to shout about.
Leon
Obviously I am disappointed how things turned out last weekend, but that has gone now and I prefer to focus on Magny-Cours and beating Max. But for a small mistake, I am sure I could've won the first race and that would have put a bit more pressure on Max. He still would have had a good lead in the points going into Magny-Cours, but the gap would've been less and it would've been an interesting raceday for sure.
I had some good results last year at Magny-Cours on a bike that was not as good as my Suzuki this year, so there's no reason why I shouldn't be thinking about podiums this weekend. The circuit is not so technical, but there are lots of tight turns onto long straights and a lot of heavy braking.
I've only had two rounds this year where I have missed out on a podium and that's something I don't want to repeat at Magny. At the moment, I lead Max by 14 podiums to 13 and my aim is to still be ahead of him on Sunday night.
Sylvain
I am excited about racing at Magny-Cours because it is my home race and obviously I would like to do well there. I know that a lot of family, friends and fans will be there, so I would like to get a podium or two. I feel I have very close to that elusive podium many times, so now it is up to me to make my mark and get onto those steps.
This might be a home race, but I haven't raced at Magny-Cours since 2000 and that was on a 250! The track had a slightly different layout then, so the first thing I will have to do is relearn the track. If I can do that quickly and get a decent grid position, then I have a good chance of some good results. Hopefully, I will also have recovered from whatever I had last weekend and be fully fit and raring to go right from the first practice on Friday.
-source: suzuki alstare
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