Technical problems prevented Michel Fabrizio from maintaining his streak of podium finishes during the latest round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington ওPark, although the Italian made amends in the second race 💞with a run to third position.

Having moved his way into title contention following a run of eight consecutive podium results, Fabrizio was confident of a race win challenge from fifth on the 🀅grid after breaking the lap record during qualifying.

However, a gear problem on his Ducati Xerox during the first race couldn't prevent him from tumbling down the classification as the laps wore on, Fabrizio eventually 💙crossing the li♏ne 12th.

"Race one was very difficult, I had a problem wi𓆏th the gears and because of this I lost several positions. I couldn't do much to improve the situation and in the end I coulไd only bring home three points."

Reverting to his spare bike for the second race, Fabrizio suffered a slow start but able to work his way back into podium contention, where he proceeded to enjoy a tight battle with Leon Haslam. A🌟lthou🐻gh he would lose out to the British rider, he was satisfied with his third place finish.

"Before race two we decided to go out with the second bike. I again made a bad start but immediately started t🔯o work to regain ground. I spent most of the race battling it out against Byrne and Haslam, just managing to pass Shakey near the end."

Fabrizio went on to turn his attentions to team-mate Noriyuki🐟 Haga following the accident that has landed him 💃in hospital.

"I'm happy wi꧋th my race two result but I am of course sorry🍎 for Nori. I saw the accident and it reminded me of Troy's crash in the same place two years ago, both serious."