After his promising debut in the Donington Park round, 19-year old French rider Loris Baz will be given another opportunity to race for Kawasaki’s World Superbike team in this weekend’s sixth round of the season at Miller Motorsports Park (the Superbike race will be held on Monday).
The Superstock 1000 rider was called on to replace injured Joan Lascorz and at Donington took a 16th spot in race 1 and an 8th in race 2, while Donington was a known track, the Utah circuit will be a first time for Baz.
“I do not feel any pressure or have any specific objective for Miller so I will go there just the same as in Donington.
I do not know the track there but I do not see that as a very big problem.
I will just enjoy it and we will see what happens.
If I can do what I did at Donington, scoring points and being less than a second per lap from the first riders, then that would be perfect.
I will just be learning the bike and going step-by-step again.
Maybe we will try some new things with the bike settings at Miller, simply because I am really tall, so I have to sit quite far back on the bike.
Because of that the geometry of the bike changes a little.
Nothing big to try because the base setting of the bike is already really good.
I have a good feeling with my crew chief Pere Riba and all the mechanics and for a first race together at Donington I think we all worked together very well.
” Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes heads to the States second in the standings and just five points from leader Max Biaggi.