Qualifying - Phillip Island
SECOND AND THIRD FASTEST TIMES FOR BAYLISS AND FABRIZIO
IN FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION AT PHILLIP ISLAND
 The
Ducati Xerox Team is more than satisfied with the way the
weekend has begun at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit,
with Bayliss and Fabrizio registering the second and third
fastest times in this afternoon's first qualifying session.
Rain showers earlier this morning meant that both riders had
to cope with less than optimum grip on the track but this
did not seem to deter them and an improvement in the weather
conditions throughout the day allowed for some improvements
regarding the set up of the 1098 F08 machines to take place
in both riders' pit garages.
Troy Bayliss 1m32.3s
"It's all gone well today. Grip on the track could be
better, it's not perfect due to the rain earlier, but that
will no doubt be better tomorrow. We'll try a few different
things tomorrow to sort that out , working on the tyre set-up,
but today we haven't really made many changes. We tried a
long run which was worth doing and gave us useful information
on the tyres. We're confident about the direction in which
we're heading and we're looking forward to tomorrow."
Michel Fabrizio 1m32.5s
"I'm very happy with my performance today. I was already
pretty satisfied this morning to be honest and so we changed
practically nothing between the practice session and first
qualifying this afternoon. We worked on improving the tyre
set-up and, although there are a few problems with grip, we
can work on that during tomorrow's sessions. A change in weather
conditions between now and Sunday would of course affect how
we go but I'm not too worried about that a the moment."
TIMES: Corser (Yamaha) 1m32.3s; Bayliss
(Ducati Xerox) 1m32.3s; Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1m32.5s; Neukirchner
(Suzuki) 1m32.8s; Smrz (Ducati) 1m32.8s; Biaggi (Ducati) 1m32.8s;
Xaus (Ducati) 1m32.8s
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