Mahi Racing Team India aim for another win in Assen

Mahi Racing Team India took perfect start to the season with a victory in Philip Island with champion Kenan Sofuoglu and continued top form in Aragon with Fabien Foret reaching the top step while Sofuoglu experienced brake failure.

The Kawasaki factory supported  team is now positive for a victory in the upcoming round in Assen, Netherlands with both its riders in top form. 

Fabien Foret: “All is good going into the Assen race and it is one of the better tracks for me. I have some good memories from there. I just hope that the weather will be the best because I am not a big fan of wet weather. I am confident that we can finish on the top again, the top three is my aim and hopefully we will have dry conditions. The way Assen is now is different from when there was a big loop section with many banked corners. There is also a very slow hairpin so it is not quite as it was before. It is more like a normal track so you have to set the bike up to suit that. I want to have some fun and hope to start the weekend better than I did in Spain but to finish it very well. Even if the weekend starts off a bit wet I just hope that it remains dry for the race.”

Kenan Sofuoglu: “I think we have no problem with the speed, set–up or confidence but we just had some bad luck in Spain. I had a technical issue the last time out but I did not crash so I am OK, fit and ready. It is all behind me now. The lucky point was that one of our biggest rivals Sam Lowes was also out of that race. I was disappointed not to have the chance to win at Motorland because I think I had the fastest pace and had scored pole position. I felt a bit down for a while but now I am feeling different. The weather is very good at home in Turkey and I am looking forward to doing some more training before I head to Assen. I am ready for it and I hope we have good weather there in the Netherlands also. In the rain I cannot push to my limit because I am a championship rider and I have to ride safely, so I have to go for points in those conditions. If it is dry this weekend it is probably going to be a good fight. I am very happy now to go and get back on my race bike.