SUZUKI ON PROVISIONAL ALBACETE POLE
 Reigning
World Champions Suzuki Castrol is on provisional pole for
tomorrow’s Albacete 8 Horas Nocturnas World Endurance
Championship third round at Albacete in Spain.
SERT team rider Matthieu Lagrive posted a best lap time of
1:31.888 in the closing minutes of the last qualifying session
aboard his GSX-R1000, beating his team mate Vincent Philippe
and becoming the only rider to dip below the 1:32.00 minute
barrier.
Said Philippe: "I think tomorrow will be faster for
sure. The track will be much better for corner grip, but for
the race, we will see."
Second and third places went to the two wildcard Spanish
Folch Yamaha teams with Yamaha Phase One Endurance's Warwick
Nowland fourth and injured Gwen Giabbani of Yamaha Austria
fifth. Giabbani highsided at the end of the second free practice
session and needed stitches to an elbow wound.
The final starting order will be decided by further qualifying
sessions for each rider tomorrow morning with the race itself
starting at 18:00 and running through until 02:00 on Sunday
morning.
Provisional Top Ten Qualifying Positions:
1: Suzuki Castrol Team - FRA - Suzuki GSX-R1000 - M.Lagrive
- 1:31.888
2: Yamaha Folch Endurance - SPA - Yamaha YZF-R1 - J.Sarda
- 1:33.790
3: Yamaha Folch Endurance 2 - SPA - Yamaha YZF-R1 - J.Monge
- 1:34.349
4: Yamaha Phase One Endurance - GBR - Yamaha YZF-R1- W.Nowland
- 1:34.372
5: Yamaha Austria - AUT - Yamaha YZF-R1 - G.Giabbani - 1:34.878
6: Suzuki Fagersjo-el.se - SWE - Suzuki GSX-R1000 - T.Andersson
- 1:35.066
7: Kawasaki Bolliger Team - SUI - Kawasaki ZX10R - P.Muff
- 1:35.904
8: Yamaha Endurance Moto38 - FRA - Yamaha YZF-R1 - G.Fastre
- 1:36.116
9: Kawasaki Diablo 666 - GBR - Kawasaki ZX10R - M.Rohtlaan
- 1:36.266
10: Yamaha X-One Team - ITA - Yamaha ZF-R1 - P.Tessari - 1:36.933
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