Injured Kagayama to race at Misano

From Team Suzuki News Service

Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Yukio Kagayama may be battered, bruised and nursing broken bones in his foot, but he is determined to put on the best show he can in this weekend's World Superbike eighth round at Misano.

After seeing specialist Dr. Arthur Ting in California after the race in Salt Lake City, Kagayama had been working on a rehabilitation programme in order to be as fit as he can for the San Marino round.

"Each day I get better and although my body will not be prefect in Misano, it will be a lot better then it was on race day in Salt Lake City," Kagayama said. "This season has been a tough one for our team and it's not so common to have so many injuries, but we have to get on with and do the best we can.

"Last year my results at Misano were not wonderful (11th and 12th), so this year I wanted to do much better. Misano is not an easy track and if the weather is very hot, it is going to be a hard weekend for us all. But my job is to race and I want the best results I can get."

Last year, Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner took a superb win in race one, but the young German is still sidelined through injury, so his place will be once again be taken by Spaniard Fonsi Nieto who will be having his third outing on the bike.