Assen 2005 -
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Published on: 1/1/2005
Last Visited: 5/30/2009
At the start it was pole-sitter Vincent Philippe who got away in front, followed by Gwen Giabbani on the Yamaha Austria No.7 with the Bridgestone Bikers Profi No.5 away in 3rd.
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The Castrol Suzuki No.2 with Vincent Philippe and Keiichi Kitagawa had led from start to finish, Philippe posting the fastest lap of the race and even though Kitagawa was called in 3 laps from the end for a precautionary "splash-and-dash", the team were under no threat, holding a two lap advantage.
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The Castrol Suzuki No.2 with Vincent Philippe and Keiichi Kitagawa had led from start to finish, Philippe posting the fastest lap of the race and even though Kitagawa was called in 3 laps from the end for a precautionary "splash-and-dash", the team were under no threat, holding a two lap advantage.
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The SERT Suzuki Castrol team of Vincent Philippe and new team member Keiichi Kitagawa have one goal.
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Talking about the new 2005 GSX-R1000K5 Suzuki, Vincent said: "The biggest differences are in the engine; there's more power and it's easier to control.
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It's easy working with Vincent.
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Suzuki's 2005-model GSX-R1000 dominated qualifying for Monday's Assen 500 opening round of the World Endurance Championship with Suzuki Castrol's Vincent Philippe recording a time almost two seconds faster than the second rider in his group and team mate Keiichi Kitagawa 1.6 seconds clear in his group after the first session.
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Said Philippe: "I could have gone a little faster in the second session, but we wanted to concentrate on a race set-up.