Finnegan pleased with practice progress
The Alpha Boilers Racing team had mixed results during Tuesday night practice at the Isle of Man TT.
Martin Finnegan had a good run in fine weather conditions on his Superbike and Supersport machines.
He said:
'The Superbike feels really good. I went out for one lap and came back in to make some adjustments and then went back out.'
'I was fifth fastest overall and the problems we had at the North West all seem to have been solved.'
Finnegan also put in one lap on the smaller machine.
He said:
'The 600 is pretty well set up, so I’m not spending much time on it.'
His sidecar teammates didn’t have such a good night with a technical problem leaving them stranded at the Sulby Straight for the entire session.
Klaus Klaffenbock said:
'When we started I knew in the first few moments that there was something wrong. We had a leak from the fuel pipe and it was landing on the exhaust.'
'I was worried that the sidecar would catch on fire.'
Klaffi pulled in on the first lap on the Sulby Straight, where some local people helped him repair the sidecar, but is was not possible to continue at a competitive speed so they had to wait until the end of the practice and ride back to the pits.
Wednesday night's practice was cancelled due to bad weather.