Last weekend, the championship Superbike experienced his calendar meeting near Donington Park. During the first round, the leader of the general classification and official Kawasaki, more than ever before, seemed to be able to dominate his subject again before his rear tire decided otherwise...
The rest of the story is told by the pilot: “ I started feeling very strong vibrations and realized I had a serious problem. My teammate Sykes passed me, but I wanted to finish the six laps that separated me from the finish. I thought I had full control then suddenly the left side of the tire exploded. It was as if a sniper had shot from the audience to hit me ».
What followed was a long fall in one of the fastest parts of the English track. The 30-year-old driver was rightfully furious and the sole manufacturer Pirelli was obviously on the front line in this incident. The brand removed the tire from the range offered to the teams for the remainder of the meeting.
Everything ended well though and the next day was a bad memory. Sale found the path to success and took Kawasaki's hundredth achievement in Superbike. We will recall on this occasion that the first success of the greens in the discipline dates back to 1988, in Hungary, with a certain Adrian Morillas who rode a GPX750…
