Excellent results for Edwards at Motegi GP

Colin Edwards and the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team finish off an important weekend in thirteenth position at the Japanese Grand Prix and as the second best CRT.

A very small gap separates the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team with this Suter- BMW bike from their direct competitor in the CRT category Aleix Espargaro, with who he could have had rivaled with if it hadn’t been for Edwards unfortunate el lose of the right knee pad on the fourth lap.

  

Colin Edwards – 13th

“The race started good and I saw Espargaro was right there I started pushing and felt good, four laps in, I went to put my knee down in the last corner and it nearly ripped me off the bike and I looked down on the straight and I saw I had no knee pad. It just fell off, I don’t remember hitting a curb or anything. Initially I was thinking I had to pull in because I ride like a tripod, put my knee down and let the bike work underneath me. Just thought about the bootcamp, feet up, use your body, be smooth.  We had a small issue with electronics during the race but overall the package is getting a little better. Thanks to my team, they’ve done a great job this weekend.”

Sergio Verbena – Crew Chief

“It has been a very positive weekend in which we have been very close to the top CRTs during the race but have yet to decrease that gap some more. During the race Colin has practically annulled the difference that separated him from the ART getting really close to it but not actually overtaking Espargaro in the end. At the end of the race when he came in to the pit box we realized that the race could have been even more successful had he not lost his kneepad during the fourth lap, we all know how important they are for a rider. He even considered for a second coming into the pits but decided to make the best of it and went for it. We are very pleased.”

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Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/Ga63DigsNzn/Excellent+results+Edwards+Motegi+GP

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