WSB Valencia First Qualifying
 Team
Alstare Suzuki riders Max Neukirchner and Yukio Kagayama dominated
the opening day of qualifying for the Spanish World Superbike
third round in Valencia.
German Neukirchner set the fastest time of 1’34.806
on his GSX-R1000 with Japanese rider Kagayama a close second
on 1’34.932.
Fonsi Nieto suffered grip problems and finished down the
order in 16th place, but knows that a big improvement is possible
tomorrow.
Max Neukirchner - 1st, 1:34.806:
“I am very happy today, not so much because I was the
quickest but because we found a good bike set-up. We started
with the set-up from when we tested here in March and then
found a new way to make the bike more stable both in the front
and the rear. It’s been quite cool today and we know
that we have more problems when the temperature rises, so
I guess I am hoping that it stays much the same.”
Yukio Kagayama - 2nd, 1:34.932:
“Today we carried on our work and I think everything
is getting better. We began with the set-up from our last
test and tried to find some small improvements. I didn’t
have any big problems today, just a little rear end problem
in the afternoon. My physical condition is not 100%, but that’s
probably quite good because it means that I wasn’t pushing
too hard!”
Fonsi Nieto - 16th, 1:35.766:
“I am not very happy today with the lack of rear grip
and I couldn’t go faster because of this mainly. But
the good news is that we have some ideas what to do about
the problem and that’s what we’ll be working on
in the morning tomorrow. I didn’t feel that the track
conditions were good for me today but I know I can make a
big improvement tomorrow.”
Friday WSB Qualifying: 1 Max Neukirchner
(D-Alstare Suzuki) 1:34.806, 2 Yukio Kagayama (J-Suzuki Alstare)
1:34.932, 3 Checa (E-Honda) 1:35.042, 4 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati)
1:35.060, 5 Fabrizio (I-Ducati) 1:35.080, 6 Lanzi (I-Ducati)
1:35.085. 16 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare) 1:35.766.
SUPERSTOCK 1000:
Team Alstare Suzuki rider Xavi Simeon finished the first
day of qualifying at Valencia with the sixth fastest time,
but was disappointed not to finished higher up the order!
He was not happy with the balance of the bike and frustrated
that he could not get anywhere near the times he did when
he tested here in March.
Italian Claudio Corti (Yamaha) set the fastest time in qualifying
today, with a lap of 1:37.5613. Second was Davide Giugliano
(Suzuki) with Alessandro Polita (Ducati) third.
Xavi Simeon- 6th, 1:38.466:
“I had problems with the balance of the bike and for
some reason it did not seem to want to turn. At the moment,
we don’t understand why, because we are using the same
set-up we found when we tested here in March and that worked
very well. Although the bike is the same, it feels different
and we are not sure why at this moment. The team and I will
sit down together and figure out what’s going on and
then come up with some ideas what to do in tomorrow’s
practice and qualifying.”
Friday Superstock 1000 Qualifying: 1 Corti
(I-Yamaha) 1:37.512, 2 Giugliano (I-Suzuki) 1:37.602, 3 Polita
(I-Ducati) 1:37.897. 6 Xavi Simeon (B-Alstare Suzuki) 1:38.466.
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