Paul Denning – Team Manager:
“To qualify eighth and finish seventh in dry conditions today - with Chris as our sole representative - was not too bad. Sure, both Chris and the whole team want more and he pushed hard to get up to fourth with some great passes, but we couldn't maintain the required speed in the middle of the race to battle for the top-five. In the end when Chris re-grouped and pushed to the absolute limit he was able to improve again, but in general we need to break this mould and maintain our speed over full race distance - this is Suzuki's focus over the coming weeks.
I'd like to thank Loris for staying with the team over the weekend to support us, and for meeting all the local Rizla and Suzuki guests that came to visit the team – it really showed his true dedication considering the amount of pain he was in. It is such a shame he wasn't out there on one of his favourite racetracks this weekend. I wish him a speedy recovery and I am sure all the fans will want him back on the bike as much as we do at Sachsenring next month!”

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