Catalunya Chaos

Catalunya was a big fly-swatter, and the bikers were falling left and right. Shinya avoided serious injuries but in the midst off all the haywire, he was black-flagged for failing to pit in for his penalty in re-starting the race at the wrong spot.

"I got a good start in the first race and I really thought we were in for a good result, so I was disappointed to see the red flag, but relieved to hear that none of the riders who crashed have been seriously hurt. The restart didn't go quite so well. I saw Chris Vermeulen had a problem on the line, and while we were waiting for it to be sorted out my bike overheated and sprayed water up the inside of the screen. I went back to get my spare bike, and that's where the confusion started, as I'm sure I was waved through onto my grid position. I didn't see the penalty board at all, as I was tucked in behind someone each time I came down the main straight, so the first time I knew something was wrong was when I saw the black flag together with my number. Obviously I'm hugely disappointed, and not a little frustrated, because a good result looked to be well within our grasp here today."

- Shinya on his DNF at Catalunya

Source : Kawasaki-Eckl