Friday qualifying, 6th October
Circuit: 4.411 kms. Weather: Dry, mostly cloudy 16-19 C.
TROY AND YUKIO WORKING ON SET-UP.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Troy Corser and Yukio
Kagayama used the first day of qualifying at Magny-Cours working
on finding a good set-up for their GSX-R1000 K6 Suzukis. Both
riders tested at Magny-Cours recently and they started today
with the set-ups that had worked well then. But those set-ups
did not work as expected today and both riders had to try
some new settings to post good lap times. In the end, Troy
finished fifth fastest and Yukio sixth. Quickest today is
Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha), with James Toseland
(Honda) second and Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) third.
TROY 5th, 1:40.936
I had a little crash this afternoon when I lost the front
at the right-hander at the top of the hill, but it was very
slow and I didn’t hurt myself at all.
We started with the set-up from our recent tests here but,
for whatever reason, the bike didn’t work the same way.
Also, we found a tyre we liked and then tried some different
tyres, but none of those worked as well. So we’ll go
back to what we know works well and try and improve it. I’m
pretty happy with what I’ve got really and am confident
about raceday.
YUKIO 6th, 1:40.950
I started with the settings from our recent tests, but the
feeling on the bike was not as good. Today the track felt
dirty and a bit slippery to me and I didn’t want to
push too hard too soon. In the morning, with the old settings
my lap times were not so good. So we made some changes to
the settings in the afternoon and the feeling was better.
Tomorrow we will carry on with this direction and see how
much we can improve the bike.
Friday qualifying
1 Haga (J-Yamaha) 1:40.474, 2 Toseland (GB-Honda) 1:40.734,
3 Lanzi (I-Ducati) 1:40.821, 4 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha) 1:40.872,
5 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:40.936,
6 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:40.950,
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