WORLD SUPERBIKE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WRAP UP TWO-DAY TEST SESSION
AT BRNO
The top five World Superbike development teams, one from
each manufacturer, have concluded a two-day official Pirelli
test session at the Brno circuit, home to next month's Czech
round of the championship.
The quickest time over the two days in relatively cool conditions
(track 19° C / air 29° C) was set by Ducati Xerox
Team riders Bayliss and Lanzi on qualifying tyres, but in
race trim they were both further down the order.
"Today I did 90 laps and I'm pretty exhausted"
declared Troy. "Everything went OK, we came here hoping
to do a simulation for the race but the conditions were not
that good, the cool temperatures and a bit of wind made it
not ideal. It will surely be much hotter when we come here
in a month. I did two race simulations and things went pretty
well, but we didn't really get what we wanted by coming here.
Now I can't wait to get down to Misano for the World Ducati
Week and see all the Ducatis and ducatisti".
"Today went a bit better than yesterday when the track
was dirty and it rained a bit" commented Lorenzo. "I
did about 70 laps today and we found some good solutions for
the race. On qualifying tyres I went quicker than last year
and also with race tyres I went quite well, the problem is
that the others all went better. We knew that this track would
create problems for us, conditions were not ideal, let's hope
things will be different when we come here for the race in
July".
Both Ducati Xerox Team riders will now be heading directly
to the Misano World Circuit in Italy to attend WDW2007 which
is being held from Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July.
BEST TIMES (provided by Pirelli): 1. Kagayama
(Suzuki) 2m00.4s (Q 2m00.4s); 2. Corser (Yamaha) 2m00.4s;
3. Haga (Yamaha) 2m00.8s; 4. Toseland 2m00.9s (Q 2m00.3s);
5. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 2m01.0s (Q 2m00.2s); 6. Bayliss 2m01.1s
(Q 2m00.2s); 7. Biaggi (Suzuki) 2m01.2s; 8. Nieto (Kawasaki)
2m01.6s (Q 2m00.8s); 9 Rolfo (Honda) 2m01.7s (Q 2m01.4s);
10. Laconi (Kawasaki) 2m01.8s.
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