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Donington WSBK: ‘Electronics need to be perfect’ - Camier

MV Agusta’s Leon Camier isn’t hugely concerned about the power deficit between his F4-RC and the rest of the World Superbike pack going into this weekend’s Donington Park round but knows he has to get his setup spot on.

In the fast and flowing parts of the Leicestershire circuit, Camier believes he will be able to stay with the top six but perfecting the electronic strategy for the Esses, Melbourne Loop and Goddards secton is the key for the 2009 BSB king.

“I believe Donington is one of the hardest places to set a bike up for the circuit. The start of the lap is so different to the end of the lap; it makes it quite hard. I was only getting a couple of laps out of each set of tyres before it was becoming a real struggle to ride around last year,” said Camier, speaking to bikesportnews.com

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“It isn’t really a track where you need a whole lot of power, it’s not like they should really get away from me. The hard part for us is going to be the hairpins, the approach and going into them – if we get the electronics absolutely perfect then coming out of them shouldn’t be so bad and then we just need to make sure the bike is good on tyres.

“At the minute we’re lacking a bit of edge grip when we’ve got it on the toe, but on a flowing circuit I can sometimes make it work so it just depends.

“I don’t know how the weekend will go, but it is really important to get the electronics set-up, it’s going to be crucial around there. Especially with the tyres, if they do what the tyres did last year, the electronics need to be right. If the engine brake isn’t set up right, you back up loads and you can’t turn in and the same on the exit of a corner. If we can get that right then I can maybe have a good time.”

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