CHALLENGING SATURDAY FOR VAN DER MARK AT MOST
The FIM Superbike World Championship is making its first appearance at Most, where it is staging round six of the 2021 season. Starting from 17th on the grid, van der Mark launched a spirited comeback on his M RR in today’s Race 1. However, having climbed into eighth place, that comeback came to an abrupt end. The Dutchman was one of several riders who crashed out of Saturday’s race.
Michael: “It was a really disappointing day, to be honest. In Superpole, I had bad traffic on both outings on the Q tyre, which was such bad luck. It’s a shame as I felt we could really make a step forward, so it was not easy starting from P17 on the grid. Anyway, in the race I got a good start and had good pace. I was fighting my way towards the front and was feeling good with the bike but unfortunately when I was sat in P8 I lost the front going into T20. I was trying hard so it’s a shame because we lost some valuable points. It was a difficult day overall, but we can be happy with the pace we had in race one.”