2006 European 600 Superstock Championship
Round 8, Brands Hatch, UK
Saturday 5th August
Circuit: 3.703 kms. Weather: Dry, mostly sunny 25 C.
XAVIER SECOND BY THREE THOUSANDTHS!
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Xavier Simeon missed
out on pole position this afternoon by a mere three thousandths
of a second! It was his nearest rival in the championship,
Nicola Canepa (Ducati) who blasted round the 3.703 kilometre
circuit, with a time of 1:33.186, and ended the day quickest.
Third is Ondrej Jezek (Kawasaki), with Andrea Antonelli (Honda)
fourth, making it four different manufacturers on the front
row of the grid.
XAVIER - 2nd, 1:33.189
I’m happy enough to be second today, because it is the
front row that is important here at Brands Hatch. I am very
happy with my lap times and with my bike’s set-up. My
team worked very hard yesterday to give me a good bike today
and once I was dialled in, the lap times came pretty comfortably.
The start of the race will be very important and I’m
sure that I’m going to have a big battle with Nicola
(Canepa). I know I have to be calm and think of the championship
and that’s what I’ll do, but if I have a chance
of winning, I’ll take it.
Final qualifying
1 Canepa (I-Ducati) 1:33.186, 2 XAVIER SIMEON (B-Alstare Suzuki
Corona Extra) 1:33.189, 3 Jezek (CZ-Kawasaki) 1:34.256, 4
Antonelli (I-Honda) 1:34.335, 5 Barrier (F-Yamaha) 1:34.498,
6 Costantini (I-Honda) 1:34.654,
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