Encouraging opening day for FPR in Germany
 Foggy
PETRONAS Racing riders Craig Jones and Steve Martin produced
a solid opening day’s performance at the tenth round
of the Superbike World Championship in Germany.
Craig made giants strides forward in the afternoon session,
bouncing back from a freak early crash to better his morning
time by three seconds and finish in 19th place.
Steve also improved on his time set at the recent test at
the EuroSpeedway Lausitz circuit to finish the day in 11th
position, with championship leader Troy Bayliss once again
setting the pace.
Craig said: “I knew what times I could
do on my settings from the test here and I came close to that
in the afternoon. I took three seconds off my time from the
morning just by circulating, because my confidence was knocked
by the crash in the morning. There was a problem with the
rear tyre, which looked brand new even after two laps and
felt greasy. The rear wheel speed shot into the air when I
got onto the gas onto the start-finish straight and I was
thrown over the top. I landed on my knee, which I have injured
before, so that was sore for the afternoon. But, if that does
not get worse overnight, I think I have a good chance of going
faster and challenging for Superpole.”
Steve said: “It has been a good day
and everything has gone smoothly. I was happy to do a 1:39
for the first time here and I am pretty sure that I will be
able to go quicker tomorrow morning. We lowered the bike in
the afternoon to slow the weight transfer down a bit and that
worked well. We only really tried one tyre, which also puts
us in a good position for tomorrow.”
Friday qualifying times, Superbike World Championship
round ten, EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Germany: 1 Bayliss
1:38.331; 2 Corser 1:38.550; 3 Kagayama 1:38.869; 4 Pitt 1:38.871;
5 Muggeridge 1:38.948; 6 Lanzi 1:39.048; 7 Haga 1:39.101;
8 Toseland 1:39.347; 9 Barros 1:39.572; 10 Walker 1:39.591;
13 Martin (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:39.771; 19 Jones (Foggy
PETRONAS Racing) 1:40.964
Friday free practice: 1 Bayliss (Ducati
Xerox) 1:38.675; 2 Corser (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:39.270;
3 Pitt (Yamaha Italia) 1:39.315; 4 Muggeridge (Winston Ten
Kate Honda) 1:39.583; 5 Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra)
1:39.667; 6 Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 1:39.924; 7 Toseland (Winston
Ten Kate Honda) 1:39.949; 8 Barros (Klaffi Honda) 1:40.091;
9 Haga (Yamaha Italia) 1:40.498; 10 Walker (PSG-1 Kawasaki)
1:40.628; 11 Martin (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:40.749; 25 Jones
(Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:43.945
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