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Written by Nigel Jones on May 19, 2008 at 14:05
After gaining their first win in the Daily Star Cup Chris Burns and the STP Motorsport MV Agusta British Superbike team heads to Donington Park in buoyant mood. The team has made full use of the time between meetings to iron out the minor technical issues that arose at Brands Hatch and is confident that two more podium finishes are on the cards.
After leaving Brands Hatch with a win but no serviceable motorcycles the team has been hard at work with the spanners to ensure that both race bikes will be in good shape for Donington Park. A new engine has been shipped from Italy and will be fitted to the number one bike before the weekend. The number two bike will run the engine that won at Brands Hatch and, while slightly down on horsepower, this shouldn’t prove to be such a handicap at the Derbyshire circuit if this bike is called into action. This bike will also be running a new ECU, dash and wiring loom, which has been installed since Brands Hatch.
Chris Burns, Rider:
“I'm really looking forward to Donington this weekend. After being able to pull off the win in race one at Brands Hatch on the spare bike, I am confident going into this weekend. The forward steps that we are making in developing the MV Agusta will give us a little extra in order to be able to mix it with the factory bikes. My target now is the top step of the podium and I will be going all out for wins from now on. My job now is to close the gap on the series leader and I will hopefully find the right set-up early on Saturday in free practice to be able to qualify well and challenge for not only Cup points but main Championship points as well.
Warwick Nowland – Team Manager:
The win at Brands really focussed our minds as to the potential of the MV Agusta in British Superbikes. Considering the early stage of development that the bike is at we are confident that we can find the extra pace to move Chris up into the top ten of the main championship. Knowing that most of our competitors started the season with bikes that had already benefited from extensive development work and track time the gains that we can make in the coming weeks will make the MV Agusta extremely competitive.
Simon Woods – Team Principal:
“After Brands Hatch the entire team is buzzing with anticipation ahead of this weekend. We are now starting to make some headway in developing the bike and with the new electronics system in place this process should accelerate. Hopefully, what we are doing on track will encourage sponsors to come forward and become a part of our success. Our ambition is to eventually field a two-bike team and to be able to do that we will need backing from a number of new partners.”
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