PATA YAMAHA’S VAN DER MARK AIMING TO REPEAT JEREZ SUCCESS IN MISANO
Michael van der Mark head into Round 7 of the FIM Superbike World Championship in Misano keen to repeat his success of Jerez, where he secured his first race win of the season with a dominant ride to victory in Race 2 – a fitting end to a weekend that saw the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider finish as the top points scorer. Podium finishes in both Race 1 and the Superpole Sprint Race proved just a warm-up for the Pata Yamaha rider, who went on to claim his and Yamaha’s first race win of the 2019 season. It’s a performance that the 26-year-old is keen to repeat this weekend in Misano, a track at which all Yamaha riders tested a few short weeks ago.
Michael van der Mark – Pata Yamaha WorldSBK: “We had a great weekend in Jerez with two podium finishes and our first race win of the season, so we head to Misano now with a really good feeling. We tested in Misano less than a month ago and, although the weather wasn’t ideal, we got enough dry track time to make things a little easier for us to get up to speed quickly this weekend. We have a really good package now, as we saw in Jerez, so I’m pretty sure we can enjoy another great weekend in Misano and fight once again for podium finishes in all three races.”
Schedule
Friday
10:30 – 11:20 WorldSBK FP1
15:00 – 15:50 WorldSBK FP2
Saturday
09:00 – 09:20 WorldSBK FP3
11:00 – 11:25 WorldSBK Superpole
14:00 – WorldSBK Race 1
Sunday
09:00 – 09:15 WorldSBK WUP
11:00 – WorldSBK Superpole Race
14:00 – WorldSBK Race 2