Ruben Xaus has said he is concerned about the next World Superbike race in Valencia despite breaking the track’s lap record and being second on the timesheets after only one day’s testing.
The Catalonian rider didn’t have the full equipment at his disposal, since many components arrived just yesterday in Italy from Australia and they were still under overhaul. In spite of that, he ran very fast both with the race tyres and the qualifying tyres which allowed him to be the first rider to set the new record of the track. In spite of all, the team is pretty worried about the competitiveness of the four-cylinders in the fast straights where both Xaus’s motorbike and the other Ducati got a gap of about 10 km/h.
"Testing has gone really well although I’m pretty worried about the race," he said. "I would like to win again on this track as I did the last year when I achieved my first victory with the team Sterilgarda Go Eleven. That’s why we chose to take to the track for one day at least, although we didn’t have all the equipment. Anyway we did a good job and we got everything ready for my home-round. I would like to thank all the team: the guys worked non-stop since the Australian round, in order to give me the opportunity to be on the bike here at Valencia”.