2006 Superbike World Championship Final qualifying
Circuit: 4.411 kms. Weather: Damp in the morning, then sunny/cloudy
16-20 C.
TROY TAKES SUPERPOLE!
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Troy Corser put in
a virtually perfect lap to take Superpole at Magny-Cours today.
Troy’s lap of 1:39.147 was over one and a half seconds
inside the lap record and two tenths of a second ahead of
his nearest rival - James Toseland (Honda). Troy’s team
mate Yukio Kagayama suffered from wheelspin in the final part
of his Superpole lap and ended eighth quickest and will start
from the second row of the grid. But like Troy, he feels that
he has got a good set-up for the race and is confident of
challenging for the podium. Third quickest today was Lorenzo
Lanzi (Ducati), with Karl Muggeridge (Honda) completing the
front row of the grid.
TROY - 1st, 1:39.147
The Superpole lap felt more or less perfect and I’m
really happy to have taken it here - in the last race of the
year. We’ve been in pretty good shape all weekend really
and have just been fine-tuning the bike over the past couple
of days. It’s always good to win Superpole and I am
particularly pleased today - for myself, for my mechanics
and the entire Alstare crew. Last year, I had to start from
the fourth row of the grid here, so I’m in much better
shape this year! It’s going to be a long, hard day tomorrow
and I’m sure that the races are going to be tough, but
I want to end the season with a couple of podiums for sure
- and maybe a win.
YUKIO - 8th, 1:40.079
The first part of my Superpole lap was good, but the last
part was not! The rear was spinning a lot and I just couldn’t
get good drive and that’s why I lost time. But, I think
I have a good set-up for the race - after the good work we
did this afternoon - and podiums are definitely possible.
Troy-san was very strong today and I am sure that he will
be very strong tomorrow, but there will be many other challengers
for sure. The second part of my season has been much better
then the first part and I would like to finish with two very
good results.
Final qualifying
1 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:39.147,
2 Toseland (GB-Honda) 1:39.355, 3 Lanzi ((I-Ducati) 1:39.773,
4 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda) 1:39.911, 5 Haga (J-Yamaha) 1:39.914,
6 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:39.944, 7 Neukirchner (D-Alstare
Engineering Corona Extra) 1:39.961, 8 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare
Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:40.079, 9 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha) 1:40.090,
10 Nieto (E-Kawasaki) 1:40.270,
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