Round 3, Valencia, Spain
Friday qualifying, 4th March
Circuit: kms. Conditions: Mostly cloudy, 16-19C
 SUZUKI
ALSTARE 1-2!
Suzuki Alstare riders Max Neukirchner and Yukio Kagayama ended
the first day of qualifying superbly in first and second places
at the Ricardo Tormo circuit today and are already looking
forward to tomorrow’s qualifying and Superpole. Fonsi
Nieto suffered grip problems and finished down the order in
sixteenth place, but knows that a big improvement is possible
tomorrow.
Max - 1st, 1:34.806
I am very happy today, not so much because I was the quickest
but, because we found a good bike set-up. We started with
the set-up from when we tested here in March and then found
a new way to make the bike more stable both in the front and
the rear. It’s been quite cool today and we know that
we have more problems when the temperature rises, so I guess
I am hoping that it stays much the same.
Yukio - 2nd, 1:34.932
Today we carried on our work and I think everything is getting
better. We began with the set-up from our last test and tried
to find some small improvements. I didn’t have any big
problems today, just a little rear end problem in the afternoon.
My physical condition is not 100%, but that’s probably
quite good because it means that I wasn’t pushing too
hard!
Fonsi - 16th, 1:35.766
I am not very happy today with the lack of rear grip and I
couldn’t go faster because of this mainly. But the good
news is that we have some ideas what to do about the problem
and that’s what we’ll be working on in the morning
tomorrow. I didn’t feel that the track conditions were
good for me today, but I know I can make a big improvement
tomorrow.
Friday qualifying
1 Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki) 1:34.806, 2 Yukio Kagayama
(J-Suzuki Alstare) 1:34.932, 3 Checa (E-Honda) 1:35.042, 4
Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:35.060, 5 Fabrizio (I-Ducati) 1:35.080,
6 Lanzi (I-Ducati) 1:35.085, 16 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare)
1:35.766,
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