The MRS Yamaha Team Prepares for Action at Imola
  |  | STK1000 ITALY - ROUND 5 |  |  Imola | | STK1000 | Setup Report - 06/05/2015 | | | The MRS Yamaha Team Prepares for Action at Imola | After a three-week break, the MRS Yamaha Team is back on its way to the fifth round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola this weekend.
Having been one of the frontrunners at the previous race in Assen, Kev Coghlan looks forward to continuing his hunt for glory during the third round of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. The Scotsman had a good start to the race in Assen but was forced to repeat his efforts after the race was red flagged. He looked set for a top-four finish at the restart, but just missed out by two-tenths of a second and finished sixth, earning him nine valuable points.
Thanks to this result and a strong third place in Aragón, Coghlan currently holds fourth position in the standings with 26 points, just one point behind Ondrej Jezek in third place.
Teammate Florian Marino also looks forward to riding at the technical and fast track of Imola. He had a difficult outing at the previous race in Assen, where he suffered arm pump and wasn't able to ride the way he wanted. However, not one to throw in the towel early, the French youngster kept focus and still managed to equal his seventh place finish in Aragón, increasing his points total to 18.
Marino is currently seventh in the championship rankings and is excited to be back on full form, so he can ride the YZF-R1M to its full potential.
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola, was added to the World Superstock1000 calendar in 2001 for that year's season finale. Since then, the circuit has undergone major redevelopment and was off the calendar for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The now 4.936 km long circuit has an interesting lay-out of 13 left corners and 9 right corners, with fast and technical sections that are loved by both riders and race fans. |
| | | Championship: 4th, 26 points | | "After the first two weeks we've had a little break to see how thing have gone and get ready for this weekend and I'm looking forward to it. The first two races went ok. It could have been a bit better in Assen but still not so bad and now we're going to Imola which is a track I really like. I always went quite fast there. I crashed in the Supersport race last year, but I've always had a really good pace so it's a track I look forward to riding and especially now with the new bike as well. Every time we ride we understand it a bit more and get a bit faster so we should have a good weekend." | |  | |
 | | | | Championship: 7th, 18 points | | "I am really looking forward to Imola. It's quite an interesting track, really technical with some fast parts as well. As with every Italian round, the competition will be high, because all the riders want to do well, especially the Italians. I've been there a lot of times and we really want to compete at the front. The past weeks went good, I did my physical program and had time think about the two first rounds that haven't really been successful for me. I think I have learned from my mistakes and I feel good and ready. We will try to do well and I hope that we can fight even harder this race weekend." | |
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