Superpole - Silverstone
BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) TAKES SECOND PLACE ON STARTING
GRID FOLLOWING WET SUPERPOLE AT SILVERSTONE
Silverstone (UK), Saturday 27 May: Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox)
will line up on the front row of the starting grid in second
place for tomorrow's fifth round of the World Superbike Championship
following a wet Superpole session at Silverstone. British
Superbike regular Tommy Hill (Yamaha) used his wild-card status
to good effect in the slippery conditions to power to the
pole position, while the front row of the grid is completed
by Chris Walker (Kawasaki) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha).
"This place and this weather remind me of the British
Championship in 1998 and 1999 with red flags coming out, bikes
flying everywhere and mine's done that three times this weekend,"
declared Troy after Superpole. "I feel like I've been
rolled, bowled and sat on but I'm sure I'm going to come up
OK tomorrow. I made a little mistake in that session, I was
supposed to stay out for another flying lap but there was
one thing we'd changed when I went out and I wasn't happy
with it. I was on the limit and I'd been off three times this
weekend and didn't want to do it again. It was my mistake
coming in but my time was not so bad and I'm quite happy.
That's racing, Tommy did a great job today. I'd like some
dry weather tomorrow especially for the British fans, but
I'm going to try and spoil the party for them."
Rain in the second and final qualifying session in the morning
meant that Lorenzo Lanzi missed out on the Superpole cut today
and the Italian will start from the fifth row of the grid.
"I am a bit disappointed obviously because I didn't
take part in Superpole, it's been some time since that happened.
It was surely not the weekend I had dreamt about," commented
Lorenzo. "But I managed to get the right feeling in the
wet conditions in the afternoon and did some good times, which
is important for tomorrow because the conditions are not very
clear. Anything can happen, the race is still open, I'm starting
from the fifth row but I feel sure I can do two good races."
STARTING-GRID: 1. Hill (Yamaha) 1m38.001s;
2. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m38.254s; 3. Walker (Kawasaki)
1m38.265s; 4. Haga (Yamaha) 1m38.546s; 5. Fabrizio (Honda)
1m38.899s; 6. Barros (Honda) 1m39.082s; 7. Xaus (Ducati) 1m39.388s;
8. Muggeridge (Honda) 1m40.023s; ... 17. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox).
TV COVERAGE.
Eurosport 2 (Europe): Saturday 27 May, 1900 Superpole (highlights);
Sunday 28 May, 1300 Race 1 (live), 1630 Race 2 (live). British
Eurosport (UK): 1730 Superpole (as live); Sunday 28 May, 2015
Race 1 + Race 2 (delayed). ITV (UK): Sunday 28 May, TBA Race
1 (highlights), 1515 Race 2 (live). La7 (Italy): Sunday 28
May, 1810 Races 1 & 2 (as live).
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