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Aaron Slight, carrying an illness, scored a pair of seventh placings at the latest round of the world superbike championship at Valencia in Spain.
The Castrol Honda star, continuing his comeback from brain surgery, was disappointed but philosophical.
\"I was up all night with a bad neck and it showed in that second race, I was tired and couldn\'t concentrate.\"
\"I just couldn\'t think straight and probably lost the chance of a better finish.\"
\"The machine felt fine and I was mixed up in a good four-way battle for much of the race.\"
\"I\'ll take two seventh places but I want to be back on that rostrum - that\'s my ambition at the moment,\" said the Kiwi-born expat racer.
Australian Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga (japan) won a race each in this eighth round of the title chase.
Corser, with fifth in the second, continued his Aprilia\'s challenge to the championship lead of Slight\'s teammate Colin Edwards (USA).
Championship points after eight of 13 rounds:
1 Edwards 232,
2 Corser 206,
3 Haga 187,
4 Chili 169,
5 Bayliss 133,
6 Yanagawa 130,
7 Bostrom 124,
8 Fujiwara 93,
9 Slight 83,
10 Gregorio Lavilla, Spain (Kawasaki) 71.
Manufacturers:
1 Ducati 254,
2 Honda 242,
3 Suzuki 221,
4 Yamaha 213,
5 Aprilia 211,
6 Kawasaki 209,
7 Bimota 37.
Next round: Laguna Seca, USA - July 9.
