Miller Motorsports Park Press Release: 5 Questions With Marco Melandri

After the earlier press conference with Sylvain Guintoli, Miller Motorsports Park also organized a press conference with BMW Motorrad's Marco Melandri. Melandri faced questions on the difference between the V4s and BMW's inline 4, his adaptation to the BMW and that controversial incident in the final corner of race two at Donington Park. Below is the press release interview issued by Miller Motorsports Park with Melandri:

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Miller Motorsports Park Presents: Five Questions with Marco Melandri

A switch to BMW for 2012 results in the German marque's first World Superbike victory

TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (May 24, 2012) -- Miller Motorsports Park will again host the USA Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship on The BigM Weekend, May 26-28. As was the case last year, we will visit with race winners and other notable riders participating in the championship after each race during the 2012 season leading up to The BigM Weekend and bring you a new chapter in the "Five Questions with" series.

The subject of our fourth installment of the season is 29-year-old Italian Marco Melandri, who rides the No. 33 BMW S1000 RR for BMW Motorrad Motorsport. Melandri, who came to World Superbike last year with Yamaha, having spent the past seven seasons in MotoGP. Prior to moving up to MotoGP, he won the 250cc World Championship for Aprilia in 2002. He won four races and one pole with Yamaha, but made the move to BMW this year to take the seat vacated by the retiring Troy Corser. He made history at England's Donington Park circuit on May 13, taking the German marque's first series victory, and heads into this weekend's BigM Weekend at Miller Motorsports Park with significant momentum.

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