2006 Superbike World Championship Round 11, Imola, Italy
Circuit: 4.959 kms. Weather: Dry, mostly sunny 24-27 C.
Final qualifying, Saturday 30th September
FRONT ROW FOR TROY.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Troy Corser set the
fourth fastest time in Superpole today and will start tomorrow’s
eleventh round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship from
the front row of the grid. His team mate Yukio Kagayama is
just behind, in fifth place, and both are determined to get
podiums in tomorrow’s pair of 21 lap races. Series leader
Troy Bayliss (Ducati) took Superpole with a lap of 1:48.804,
the fastest he has been all weekend, with James Toseland (Honda)
second and Andrew Pitt (Yamaha) third.
It was a also a good day for Alstare Engineering Corona Extra
rider Max Neukirchner. The young German rode a superb Superpole
and posted the sixth quickest lap of the 16-rider shoot-out,
ahead of many of the top factory riders.
TROY - 4th, 1:49.442
I’m pretty happy I am on the front row and that’s
important here at Imola because there are not that many passing
places. Taking Superpole was a possibility, but when the rear
of the bike started moving around like it did, it was hard
to go faster then Bayliss. But, I’m satisfied with my
bike set-up on race tyres and we’ll have to see how
it goes tomorrow. I hope that I will not be involved in a
big fight at the start of the race because I want to conserve
my tyres a little for the end of the race. When it’s
hotter, our tyres don’t seem to work as well, so I’d
prefer cooler conditions than today.
YUKIO - 5th, 1:49.497
I am sort of happy with the set-up of my bike for the race,
but a lot will depend on how hot it is tomorrow. For me, the
tyres do not work the same way in hot conditions as cool conditions,
so the end of the race is going to be very interesting if
it is as hot as it was this afternoon. I am bit disappointed
with my Superpole lap. I tried very hard and I really wanted
a front row place. So now I need two good starts and for me
usually that is not a big problem. I want two podiums tomorrow
and I will try my best to get them.
Final qualifying
1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:48.804, 2 Toseland (GB-Honda) 1:49.394,
3 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha) 1:49.433, 4 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki
Corona Extra) 1:49.442, 5 YUKIO KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki
Corona Extra) 1:49.497, 6 MAX NEUKIRCHNER (D-Alstare Engineering
Corona Extra) 1:49.840, 7 Haga (J-Yamaha) 1:49.856, 8 Barros
(Bra-Honda) 1:49.888, 9 Xaus (E-Ducati) 1:49.958, 10 Lanzi
(I-Ducati) 1:50.081,
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