After the paralysis suffered by former Kawasaki Racing Team rider Joan Lascorz, an online auction of Tom Sykes' specially painted '17 Power For Lascorz' crash helmet was won by British couple, and long-time Tom Sykes fans, Colin and Sharon Williams. The winning bid of £8,100UK (€9,702 Euros at that time), was passed onto Joan Lascorz to aid his rehabilitation process and, as part of the prize, Colin and Sharon were invited into the heart of the KRT squad at the recent Monza World Superbike race weekend.

Colin Williams was blown away by the experience of becoming part of the team itself for the Monza round, and the couple's weekend was rounded off by receiving two massive 'goody bags' of Kawasaki and racing team merchandise to take home as a set of souvenirs of a memorable weekend away. Said Colin, shortly before watching Tom Sykes score two fabulous podiums on raceday, "This has been an unbelievable race weekend. It is like rock and roll for us and I feel lost for words. The experience of coming to the race as guests of the official Kawasaki team is something else."

"We got what we asked for in bidding for and winning the Lascorz helmet," he added, "but at Monza we did not expect any of this and, to be fair, it was not simply about owning the helmet. Our 21-year-old son Andrew has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, so we are very aware of the realities of disability. We followed the Kawasaki team at first because of Tom, but when we found out that Joan had been seriously hurt in a testing accident and, as events unfolded, paralysed, it does have an impact on how you feel."

"Sharon and myself are touched that there is such a level of concern for Joan's welfare and delighted that the money went to such a good cause. Of course, we both wish Joan all the best for his future. For us it has truly been the experience of a lifetime. We have the helmet at home in pride of pace and literally hundreds of happy memories of a weekend we will never, ever forget."

Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma Aprilia) bounced back - following two difficult rounds - in Monza World Superbike Round 4 to secure a top-5 finish in Race 2, after the promising Season Opener at Phillip Island. The Italian rider and his team had a tough challenge in finding a good set-up for their RSV4, so they decided to go back to the one they used in the Australian round. Fabrizio reckons the drastic changes made on the bike settings ended up working against them, but now that the feeling with the bike is back he's looking forward for the next round of the Championship, scheduled for May 24-26 at Donington Park.

"We found a good set-up at the last minute" said Michel Fabrizio "during the warm-up, it's a shame that we couldn't qualify in a better position for the races because, on a track like Monza, if you don't stick with the front runners from lap 1 it gets difficult to catch up. In the previous rounds of Aragon and Assen we had some hard time because we changed too much on the bike set-up, it's still a new bike for both me and the team so we need to work step by step in order to improve our performance. I hope to continue at from where we left off at Monza, I really like Donington Park despite my only podium finish in 2009."