ROBERTS KEEPS GSX-R POLE
Jarno van der Marel was the fastest in the wet Suzuki GSX-R
Cup Qualifying session today at Silverstone, setting the fastest
time of the 40-minute session, but it will be Aussie Brendan
Roberts on pole position for tomorrow’s race because
of his lap of 1:31.570 yesterday in the dry.
Second on the grid for the third round of the Championship
is series leader Xavier Simeon with ‘wild card’
Tommy Bridewell third and Magnus Houston fourth.
 Brendan
Roberts – Pole:
”I am really happy to be on Pole for the race tomorrow
and looking forward to the 14 laps and having some fun along
the way. I didn’t stick my neck out today because I
knew that nobody was going to go any quicker in the wet than
yesterday. I just put in the laps and tried to get the feel
of the track in the wet, but I think that it’s going
to be dry tomorrow. I would prefer a dry race and I think
everybody else would like the same. Being a ‘wild card’
means that there’s no real pressure on me, but I will
be going all out for the win for sure.”
Jarno Van Der Marel:
”It was good to be the fastest rider today, but in
the end it doesn’t mean too much because I only qualified
12th in the dry. The track was very difficult in the wet because
some corners had good grip and some corners did not! We changed
the bike a lot from yesterday because of the conditions, but
I think we know what to do if it is wet or dry tomorrow -
though I would prefer a dry race.”
Final Qualifying: 1 J Van Der Marel, 2 X
Simeon, 3 S Gallis, 4 M Janakova, 5 G Junod, 6 I Bonilla.
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