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17-05-2007, 12:39
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Martin Finnegan says there is a lot of hard work to do before the Centenary TT. However, the 26-year-old believes he will be ‘there or thereabouts’ in the Isle of Man.
During TT 2006, Finnegan, of Lusk, suffered machine problems. He is hoping reliability issues will be behind him when the TT gets under way on May 26.
However, on Saturday, he suffered ‘a nightmare’ at the North West 200.
He concentrated on the Superbike and Superstock events, but at the end of the red flag-interrupted first Superbike event Finnegan and his Klaffi Honda were down in 14th place.
There were high hopes for the Superstock event after the MV Agusta ran well during practice.
However, Finnegan was left stranded in the middle of the grid when his machine suffered technical problems at the start. It was a frightening moment as the other motorcycles roared past, but, fortunately, all the riders avoided him.
In his final race of the day, the second Superbike event, he managed a 10th place.
Finnegan said:
‘I just don’t seem to have any luck at this place. To be fair, it’s been a bit of a nightmare and we’ve got a lot of hard work to do before the TT and it’s going to be a very busy time for us!’
‘We’re lacking a bit of top speed with the Superbike, for some strange reason, so we’ll be looking to get that put right, whilst it was very disappointing to be out of the Superstock race before it had even begun.’
‘It was just one of those things though, and could have happened to anyone at any time, but the bike was flying in practice so I’m reasonably confident we’ll be there or thereabouts with it at the TT.’
‘Let’s hope it’s a case of getting our bad luck out of the way here and having a good time at the TT. The team have been working very hard and I’m sure we’ll be challenging in all of the races at the Isle of Man.’
In the Isle of Man Finnegan is set to compete in the Bennetts Superbike TT, Pokerstars Supersport TT and Senior TT, sponsored by Pokerstars, on Klaffi Hondas and ride the 1,000cc MV Agusta in the Pokerstars Superstock TT.
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Martin Finnegan says there is a lot of hard work to do before the Centenary TT. However, the 26-year-old believes he will be ‘there or thereabouts’ in the Isle of Man.
During TT 2006, Finnegan, of Lusk, suffered machine problems. He is hoping reliability issues will be behind him when the TT gets under way on May 26.
However, on Saturday, he suffered ‘a nightmare’ at the North West 200.
He concentrated on the Superbike and Superstock events, but at the end of the red flag-interrupted first Superbike event Finnegan and his Klaffi Honda were down in 14th place.
There were high hopes for the Superstock event after the MV Agusta ran well during practice.
However, Finnegan was left stranded in the middle of the grid when his machine suffered technical problems at the start. It was a frightening moment as the other motorcycles roared past, but, fortunately, all the riders avoided him.
In his final race of the day, the second Superbike event, he managed a 10th place.
Finnegan said:
‘I just don’t seem to have any luck at this place. To be fair, it’s been a bit of a nightmare and we’ve got a lot of hard work to do before the TT and it’s going to be a very busy time for us!’
‘We’re lacking a bit of top speed with the Superbike, for some strange reason, so we’ll be looking to get that put right, whilst it was very disappointing to be out of the Superstock race before it had even begun.’
‘It was just one of those things though, and could have happened to anyone at any time, but the bike was flying in practice so I’m reasonably confident we’ll be there or thereabouts with it at the TT.’
‘Let’s hope it’s a case of getting our bad luck out of the way here and having a good time at the TT. The team have been working very hard and I’m sure we’ll be challenging in all of the races at the Isle of Man.’
In the Isle of Man Finnegan is set to compete in the Bennetts Superbike TT, Pokerstars Supersport TT and Senior TT, sponsored by Pokerstars, on Klaffi Hondas and ride the 1,000cc MV Agusta in the Pokerstars Superstock TT.
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