2006 Superbike World Championship - Round 10, Eurospeedway
Lausitz
Final qualifying 9th September.
Circuit: 4.265 kms. Weather: Dry, cloudy/sunny 18C.
MAX IN SUPERPOLE.
Team Alstare Engineering Corona Extra Max Neukirchner managed
to qualify for the 16-rider Superpole shoot-out at the Eurospeedway
Lausitz and ended thirteenth fastest. He and the team were
happy to have achieved their goal of taking part in Superpole,
after qualifying sixteenth, and then delighted when Max managed
to beat SBK regulars Chris Walker (Kawasaki), Ruben Xaus (Ducati)
and Michel Fabrizio (Honda) in the process.
MAX - 13th, 1:39.322
I suppose that our goal before the weekend was to qualify
for Superpole, so we certainly did that OK. My Superpole lap
was not so bad and I definitely tried my best to make sure
I wasn’t the last of the sixteen - so that was good.
Now I have two long and difficult races ahead of me tomorrow.
Starting so far back on the grid is never easy, but I am not
under any big pressure here as I am still learning the bike
and team. Every time I go out on the bike, I learn a bit more
and then we analyse the information and try and improve the
next time out. So far the plan is going OK.
Final qualifying
1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:37.923, 2 Haga (J-Yamaha) 1:38.079,
3 Toseland (GB-Honda) 1:38.254, 4 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha) 1:38.291,
5 Lanzi (I-Ducati) 1:38.479, 6 TROY CORSER (Aus-Alstare Suzuki
Corona Extra) 1:38.507, 7 Barros (Bra-Honda) 1:38.613, 8 YUKIO
KAGAYAMA (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:38.734, 9 Muggeridge
(Aus-Honda) 1:38.749, 10 Martin (Aus-Petronas) 1:39.065,
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