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WSS : Brno woe for Yamaha Germany
Round: 7 - Czech Republic
Circuit: Brno
Date: 17 July 2005
Crowd: 31000
Temp: 28ºC
Weather: Sunny
What looked like being the Yamaha Motor Germany world supersport team\'s best weekend of the season quickly turned to disaster as both Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes failed to finish today\'s seventh round at Brno.
Curtain led the early laps and was shaping up for a head-to-head dual for the victory with championship leader Sebastien Charpentier (Honda) when he crashed out uninjured on lap 15 of 18, a bitterly disappointing end to a weekend where he looked likely to overhaul the absent Katsuaki Fujiwara for second in the championship.
Curtain\'s retirement came just three laps after the end of Parkes\' race. The 23-year-old had been closing in on Michel Fabrizio (Honda) for the final podium position when he was forced to retire after his rear shock absorber started leaking oil on lap 12.
The race was won by Charpentier with Fabrizio second and Gianluca Nannelli (Ducati) third. Charpentier\'s championship lead extends to 59 points over Fujiwara, with Curtain 72 adrift in third and Parkes slipping back one place to sixth in the championship.
Kevin Curtain \"I felt that I was faster than Charpentier through all of the fast corners at the back of the circuit and although I\'d lost the front end a few times in the laps before I went down, I had never had any problems at the corner where I crashed. The bike was absolutely perfect this weekend, we couldn\'t have made it better, but in the end I pushed the front tyre too hard and paid the penalty.\"
Broc Parkes \"I really believe that I could\'ve won here this weekend. The race was going good, I was saving my tyres and catching the front guys when the oil from the shock started going on my back wheel. It\'s really disappointing but I can only look ahead to the next race with a positive attitude. The lowest I was all weekend was fourth in qualifying and in the race I was sure I\'d at least make the podium, so other than the result it has been a good weekend for us.\"
Race classification WSS
Round: 7 - Czech Republic
Circuit: Brno
Circuit Length: 5403
Lap Record: 2\' 7.316 (Sebastien Charpentier, 2005)
Fastest Lap Ever: 2\' 6.283 (Sebastien Charpentier, 2005)
