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Testarossa6000
4th November 2008, 12:53
http://www.gazzetta.it/Motori/Altri_Motori/Superbike/Primo_Piano/2008/11/03/schumitest.shtml

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A brief translation:

The three time world champion passed the baton on to another legend of motorsport. At Portimoa, Schumi, rode the dominant Superbike the Ducato F08. He also tested the Yamaha. He gave up the final in Brazil for seven hours on track with this his latest passion.

in the rain and cold he did 5” only slower than Haga (1’50”2). What a boy! The Duc was harder to handle mainly because of Bayliss’s extreme set up (1’52”8)
He will stay at Portimao on Wednesday and Thursday to practice on his Honda Bauer to get ready for the German 2000 championship. “I am having fun and I will keep going until my age permits” said Schumi “I have spent an interesting day with the privilege of working with the best team in SBK.

He says he likes the bikes because in F1 he had nothing left to learn whereas here it is all new and that’s what attracts him.


(Scuse the scrappy translation, but very busy)