No Russian Round for Liberty Racing Team

The Liberty Racing Team has decided not to take part in the Russian Round of the Superbike World Championship, which will take place during the last weekend of August and which represents the absolute premiere on Russian soil for the production-based racing series. The team is currently overhauling its staff organization and planning for next year, when it will be at the start of the World Superbike Championship determined to improve its results.

That decision involves also the riders of the Czech team, Kuba Smrž and Maxime Berger, while the recovery of the third rider of the Team, Brett McCormick, is continuing. During the last round at Silverstone the young Canadian was able to get back on his bike after a long absence caused by the convalescence from his bad injury at Assen.

His test on the English circuit showed that McCormick is mentally ready for racing, but not yet fully recovered from a physical point of view. For this reason the team has agreed with its rider to avoid compromising the final phase of rehabilitation, taking advantage of these additional weeks until the next race at Nürburgring to complete a specific program of intensive training to regain perfect form.