POLE POSITION AND THIRD PLACE IN SUPERPOLE
A fantastic result for Bayliss and Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox)
in Superpole today with Bayliss just snatching pole from fellow
Australian Corser, breaking the lap record in the process,
while team-mate Fabrizio secured third place on the grid.
Two front row places on tomorrow's grid for the riders and
their new 1098 F08 machine is a very satisfying result for
the Ducati Xerox Team. Bayliss' performance was all the more
impressive as after high-siding in this morning's qualifying
session, a visit to the circuit's clinic resulted in him having
eight stitches administered to his left elbow.
Troy Bayliss 1m31.4s
"It's been an eventful day that's for sure. This morning
I high-sided exiting turn 11 and I had to have eight stitches
in my elbow but it didn't bother me during this afternoon's
practice and Superpole. I'm pretty confident about tomorrow's
race and am happy I was able to take pole, though I didn't
really expect to. I knew it was going to be very close between
Corser and me here today and we both generally end up lapping
with similar times at this track. I couldn't try another long-run
today as planned due to the crash but Michel was able to do
that instead and the team was happy with the results. Tomorrow
the first few laps will surely be exciting and then I guess
it will come down to tyre performance. It should be a great
day of racing."
Michel Fabrizio 1m32.1s
"I am extremely happy with today's times. Up until this
point it's been a great weekend and I just hope it continues
that way tomorrow! Today we did a long-run and it seems that
we've made some progress with respect to how we went yesterday.
It will undoubtedly be a challenging race tomorrow and if
I am able to keep up with the two Troys then that would already
be a good result as far as I'm concerned."
TIMES (Superpole): Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m31.4s; Corser
(Yamaha) 1m32.0s;Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1m32.1s; Checa (Honda)
1m32.3s; Nieto (Suzuki) 1m32.7s; Smrz (Ducati) 1m32.7s
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