Aoki to ride '08 Suzuki at Sepang
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By Glenn Freeman Wednesday, October 17th 2007, 09:36 GMT
青木宣篤將騎著 Suzuki 08年的 GSV-R 原型車,以外卡身分參加
本周末的雪邦站。
Nobuatsu Aoki will ride an early prototype of Suzuki's 2008 GSV-R
as a wildcard entry in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix.
36歲的老將,現為 Rizla Suzuki 的測試車手,將騎著第三輛Suzuki
和 Chris Vermeulen 及 John Hopkins 一起為 Suzuki 出賽,而他
將會是近兩年來第一次在 MotoGP 出賽。
The 36-year-old test rider for Rizla Suzuki will ride a third bike for the
team alongside Chris Vermeulen and John Hopkins, and he will make
his first MotoGP start for nearly two years on Sunday.
"我真的很期待這場比賽,對我來說,這是一份很大的榮耀,成為第一個
騎著 08 年的 GSV-R 出賽的人,"青木說,他也將賽後的周一測試 08 年
GSV-R。
"I am really looking forward to the race and it is a great honour for me
to be the first person to ride the 2008 GSV-R in an event," said Aoki,
who will ride the bike in the post-race test on Monday as well.
"它仍在原型階段,但是我們已經在它身上作了一些測試,很滿意它的表現。"
"It is still in a prototype stage, but we have already done some testing
on it and are very confident it will be good.
"我等不及要再次競賽,自最後一次比賽之後,這感覺過了很長一段時間。"
"I cannot wait to get racing again, it feels like a very long time since I
last competed."
青木宣篤上次在 MotoGP 參賽是在 2005年的閉幕戰 Valencia,那是他那年
第二次騎著 Suzuki 出賽。
Aoki's last MotoGP race was at Valencia in 2005, where he made his
second appearance of the season for Suzuki.
Suzuki這動作真大膽~~
提前展示自己明年的兵器?
信心?