Andrew Pitt is a rider who knows how to win at the highest level of Superbike racing, and although his technical package in the BMW Reitwagen team is not even close to completion at this early stage of the year, he was full of praise for his bike and team after scoring points in each race in Australia.
“The team have worked so hard with the material we’ve got and I wanted to finish both races at the very least. To get some points is a bonus because I don’t think people understand just how standard our bike is at the moment. We are just at the start, but this weekend has been very encouraging.”
At Phillip Island the bikes still had standard swingarms and only relatively basic intake and exhaust modifications, which made Pitt’s double points scores all the more impressive.
Pitt even had a chance to compare his brand new bike to a proven winner, the factory Aprilia. “I ran a few laps together with Max (Biaggi) and Leon (Camier) and it was interesting because there were only a couple of areas where they were better. If we can improve in these areas then we really could begin to surprise a few people.”
Now back in Europe, Pitt’s technical staff are now hard at work to get their S1000RR machines into a greater level of full-race preparation before the next round at Portimao.
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