Friday qualifying, 6th October
Circuit: 4.411 kms. Weather: Dry, mostly cloudy 16-19 C.
MAX WORKING HARD ON SET-UP.
Team Alstare Engineering Corona Extra rider Max Neukirchner
experienced a few problems today and was unable to push hard
for a quick lap time. Instead, the young German spent most
of the time working on the chassis of his GSX-R1000 K6 and
trying to find a good set-up for Superpole tomorrow and the
race on Sunday.
Quickest rider in first qualifying today is Japanese rider
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha), with James Toseland (Honda) second
and Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) third.
MAX - 15th, 1:41.648
I am not so happy today because we had a few problems, The
first split was good but my bike didn’t feel so good
in the chicanes or when I was changing direction because I
couldn’t get a lot of grip. We started with the set-up
from when we tested here recently but it didn't work as well
today so we had to make some changes. We tried a softer tyre
towards the end of the qualifying session but even that didn’t
really give me any better grip. Tomorrow we’ll concentrate
on chassis work and finding a good set-up. I think we can
improve quite a bit and my first goal is to qualify for Superpole.
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 Corser (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:40.936, 6 Kagayama
(J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:40.950, 7 Nieto (E-Kawasaki)
1:40.954, 8 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:41.006, 9 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda)
1:41.044, 10 Barros (Bra-Honda) 1:41.184, 15 MAX NEUKIRCHNER
(D-Alstare Engineering Corona Extra) 1:41.648
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