FRONT ROW FOR AIRWAVES DUCATI
Both Airwaves Ducati riders will start tomorrows’ races
from the front row on the grid after finishing 3rd and 4th
in qualifying at Snetterton today.
Having set the quickest time in final practice Greg was confident
for the 50 minute qualifying session this afternoon. He was
on pole until the closing minutes of the session when Byrne
and Rea went quicker than his best lap of 1:05.129, leaving
him in 3rd position.
Leon took pole briefly with 10 minutes of the session remaining
before losing it first to his team mate, and subsequently
to the two Honda’s of Byrne and Rea, giving him the
final spot on the front row of the grid.
After qualifying Greg commented, “My goal for qualifying
today was to be on the front row, so I am pleased that I have
achieved that but I was not so happy with this afternoon compared
to this morning. I am not sure why it felt more difficult,
the wind was strong again today and I think there may have
been a temperature change or something which affected us.
I am happy with the front row start though, it is going to
be a tough race tomorrow but I think we can do well here.”
Leon said, “I am pleased to be on the front row as
lots of little things went wrong for me today. We are one
second off last years pace here and we are not sure why, it
maybe partly due to the wind as everybody is slower than last
year. I have not progressed as well as I would have liked
from practice to qualifying, but I have completed plenty of
laps which is good. We are pretty close on the race set up
so we should be alright for the races tomorrow.”
Race one from round 5 of the Bennetts British Superbikes
at Snetterton starts at 13.15pm tomorrow followed by the second
race at 15.45pm.
Qualifying Results
1) Shane Byrne – Stobart Vent Axia 1:04.908
2) Jonathan Rea – HM Plant Honda 1:05.113
3) Gregorio Lavilla – Airwaves Ducati 1:05.129
4) Leon Haslam – Airwaves Ducati 1:05.183
5) Ryuichi Kiyonari – HM Plant Honda 1:05.239
6) Tom Sykes – Stobart Vent Axia 1:05.504
7) Tommy Hill – Virgin Media Optoma Loans 1:05.593
8) Chris Walker – Rizla Suzuki 1:05.988
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