During the 16-lap World Supersport race on the 5.793km Monza track – the longest on the World Superbike calender – RES Software Veidec Racing Team riders Jesco Günther and Arie Vos managed to score 18th and 20th places, respectively. They had started the event at the super-fast venue from the 22nd and 25th slots on the starting grid. The fifth race of the season was won by Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow, who is leading the championship.

Robbin Harms (green/white Veidec Honda) puts his Moto-Master flame's to the test

Robbin Harms came back to Monza after surgery on his collarbone in Imola. The Danish rider, who had crashed during the first practice session of the weekend, set off for the sixth round of the World Supersport Championship in South Africa later this week, where he will be back on his Honda CBR600RR again.
Milan Milovanovic, Teamowner
“After the problems he suffered with the front of his bike recently, Jesco managed a satisfying result in Italy, and his feeling with his machine continues to improve. Arie wasn’t able to follow a faster group, and he was riding the race mostly alone, which is a disadvantage on a course where slipstreaming is so important. Near the end of the race, someone in front of him crashed which also cost him time, but he at least managed to finish the race. We are now looking forward to Kyalami, which is a completely new track for us, and we have to start there from zero. Fortunately, Robbin hasn’t lost too many points to his competitors this weekend, and I am happy he will be back in the saddle in South Africa.”
Robbin Harms
“I had my surgery on Saturday at 2pm and it took more then two hours, but everything went well. The doctors put a plate on my fracture and I don’t have much pain anymore. Because of the surgery the muscles in my neck and shoulder have shortened, and I feel very stiff now. It can take up to a few months before this gets back to normal, but I am working on it already! As for the crash, I am not sure what happened, and the bike doesn’t show any signs of technical failure. In a moment my back tyre slipped away and the bike had a huge highside. It happened really quickly and I didn’t even have time to react to prepare for the fall. I am happy that the surgery went well, however, and that I am able to ride next week. I will at least try to finish the race in South Africa!”

Robbin Harms in full concentration

Arie Vos, 20th place
“Again I had to fight hard so as not to finish right at the back, and that doesn’t feel good. It is hard to say why my results are so disappointing at the moment. I know that part of it is that I am struggling on the bike, but the bike itself is not as easy to ride fast as I would like. I don’t know if we can solve this in a short period because the next race is just seven days away. We don’t have time to work on the machine in between these two races so we just have to see how it goes when we get there, and what we can do to improve matters. Nevertheless my team worked hard this weekend and I hope we will have a better result in Kyalami.”

Arie Vos high speed cornering

Jesco Günther, 18th place
“It was important to finish the race but I am not completely satisfied with my 20th place. We have some good feedback now from the machine and it felt much better than in the previous two races. I need to get back some race pace and I am sure that this weekend has been a good start to that end. I am happy that the next event is coming up very soon, so we can keep on improving. I want to thank my team for the work that they have done this weekend, and I hope I can give them something to cheer about in Kyalami. I also hope Robbin is fit enough to race again with our team.”

Team Veidec Racing with (left to right) riders Gunther, Harms and Vos


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