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Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport News 2009 Superbike World Championship
Tuesday 12th May

TROY TO SIT OUT KYALAMI.

Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider Troy Corser will not be travelling with the team and racing in Kyalami this coming weekend. The Aussie took a severe battering in two hard crashes in Monza last weekend and it was felt that it would be better for him to give the South African round a miss and get fully fit for the USA round at the end of the month.

Berti Hauser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director)

"After the races in Monza on Sunday, Troy and the team sat down together and jointly made the decision that it would be better for him to sit out Kyalami and get fit for USA. Troy suffered a horrific crash at the start of the first race in Monza and was hit in the back of the neck and head by another bike. He then had a high speed tumble in the restart and was probably a little dazed. He was already riding with a cracked bone in his left hand and had to have painkillers and special strapping in order just to compete in Monza."
"Kyalami is a very physical track, very bumpy in places and this would've not have helped Troy's hand get any better. So, with everything that happened in Monza, together with the condition of his hand, the decision was made that Troy would give Kyalami a miss."
However the team will still have two riders on track in Kyalami as Troy's place will be taken by BMW Motorrad Motorsport test rider Steve Martin.

U.S. Airdates
Speed TV race action from the Kyalami Circuit in Johannesburg:

* May 17, 2009 2:00PM ET
* FIM World Superbike
* South Africa - Race 1

* May 17, 2009 3:00PM ET
* FIM World Superbike
* South Africa - Race 2