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Vermeulen can stand the rain
Chris Vermeulen enhanced his reputation as a wet track specialist with a podium finish in the British GP last weekend, although he claims not to be averse to drier weather either.
Having started well at Donnington, Vermeulen then slipped to sixth place but recovered as the track dried and eventually overhauled Valentino Rossi with four laps to go in order to finish third.
It was the third podium of his career and all of them have so far been in the wet, although on this occasion the Australian felt the rain hindered his mid-race performance by causing his helmet visor to steam up, badly limiting his vision.
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He explained: "When the rain stopped I was able to lift my visor up a bit and that cleared the misting and I was able to push harder again.
"I passed John [Hopkins] and Valentino and very nearly caught Colin [Edwards] but I ran out of laps. I am very happy to be on the podium and now let's go and do it again - preferably in the dry!"
Yet the conditions undoubtedly gave Vermeulen an advantage over Rossi and the Italian is certainly an admirer of the Suzuki rider, having branded him a wet weather "magician" after his victory last month in a similarly soaked French GP.
Vermeulen is now sitting fourth in the overall standings, five points ahead of teammate Hopkins, 18 behind third-placed Dani Pedrosa and 77 behind current overall leader and compatriot Casey Stoner.
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