QUALIFYING 2 REPORT 19/07/2008
Corser just misses Superpole win
Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) missed out on his
43rd career Superpole win by a mere 0.106 seconds at the 5.403km
Brno circuit today, with only his fellow Australian Troy Bayliss
able to beat his time.
The fight for the new absolute track record was played out
in warm and dry conditions and on qualifying tyres. Corser
set a 1'58.451 to take what looked like an unbeatable time,
only for Bayliss to fight back.
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) worked hard
in session with the team but could not find a set-up that
allowed his proven talents at Brno to shine and he now starts
the races on Sunday from the third row of the grid, 12th overall.
David Checa (Yamaha GMT94) came agonisingly close to joining
the top 16 qualifiers in Superpole, but now starts the race
from the 17th grid slot. Shinichi Nakatomi (Team YZF Yamaha)
was only 0.004 seconds from Checa, in a positive final qualifying
session. Sebastien Gimbert (Yamaha GMT94) was 24th after losing
some track time in practice today.
Troy Corser (2nd - 1'58.451 - Yamaha Motor Italia
WSB Team)
"It was a shame not to win Superpole when we all put
so much effort in but the main thing is that we have a front
row start for the races. We have a good set-up for raceday
and I think we can make our tyres go race distance at a good
pace. We did a good race run this afternoon so it's all feeling
very positive. We have made real improvements in the bike
since our last test."
Noriyuki Haga (12th - 1'59.571 - Yamaha Motor Italia
WSB Team)
"We have had a bit of a problem finding a good set up
in some areas, but we have improved there, only to find a
few smaller problems in another area. We have improved the
feeling and tomorrow we can try another setting in a good
direction, and we will see how things are after warm-up. We
have already decided on a tyre for the race tomorrow, and
I think we can find a better race pace than we can do in one
single lap of qualifying, which is really important."
Massimo Meregalli (Team Manager, Yamaha Motor Italia
WSB Team)
"Everything is working well for Troy and he is happy
about the bike and tyres. He made a great Superpole lap, he
was so close to adding to his record total. Tomorrow we will
try something different on Nori's side. He has a good record
here, so tomorrow I am sure we can find something better for
him in warm-up anyway. In the end Nori is a racer on Sunday
no matter what set-up he has so I am sure he can do well.
Shinichi Nakatomi (18th - 2:00.232 - Team YZF Yamaha)
"We changed the machine set up and made some progress
but other teams also improved their times. The feeling ended
up not so bad even if the grid position was not so good. The
times are very close and after final qualifying we made good
work to prepare for the race."
Circuit Length: 5403
Weather: Sunny
2008 WSB Czech Republic - Brno 19/07/2008
Superpole
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 1'58.345
2 Troy Corser Yamaha AUS 1'58.451
3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 1'58.853
4 Max Biaggi Ducati ITA 1'59.069
5 Ryuichi Kiyonari Honda JPN 1'59.318
6 Niccolo Canepa Ducati ITA 1'59.324
7 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki ESP 1'59.360
8 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 1'59.451
9 Max Neukirchner Suzuki GER 1'59.497
10 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki JPN 1'59.537
11 Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 1'59.545
12 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 1'59.571
13 Carlos Checa Honda ESP 1'59.587
14 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 1'59.639
15 Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS 2'0.306
Qualifying 2
Pos. Rider Nat. QUAL I QUAL II
1 Max Biaggi ITA 1'59.747 1'58.965
2 Jakub Smrz CZE 1'59.125 1'59.644
3 Troy Bayliss AUS 1'59.517 1'59.166
4 Max Neukirchner GER 2'0.179 1'59.250
5 Fonsi Nieto ESP 1'59.926 1'59.357
6 Troy Corser AUS 1'59.493 1'59.380
7 Michel Fabrizio ITA 2'0.024 1'59.482
8 Niccolo Canepa ITA 2'0.131 1'59.634
9 Carlos Checa ESP 2'0.424 1'59.648
10 Yukio Kagayama JPN 2'0.361 1'59.708
11 Ruben Xaus ESP 2'0.196 1'59.846
12 Lorenzo Lanzi ITA 1'59.850 2'0.155
13 Noriyuki Haga JPN 2'0.371 1'59.913
14 Karl Muggeridge AUS 2'1.350 1'59.944
15 Ayrton Badovini ITA 2'1.392 2'0.221
17 David Checa ESP 2'0.388 2'0.228
18 Shinichi Nakatomi JPN 2'0.552 2'0.232
25 Sebastien Gimbert FRA 2'1.170 2'1.059
QUALIFYING 2 REPORT 19/07/2008
Parkes takes fifth pole position in a row
Broc Parkes consistently brilliant performances in qualifying
in the 2008 season continued at the Brno meeting when he took
a remarkable fifth consecutive pole position. His pre-race
successes at Assen, Monza, Nürburgring and Misano grew
to five after Parkes scored a 2'03.203 second lap towards
the end of a busy afternoon session.
Parkes' lap was a new absolute track best, on a circuit which
had been resurfaced earlier in the season.
The expected rains stayed away during the second day of track
action, allowing Parkes to lead Barry Veneman, Josh Brookes
and Andrew Pitt on the front row of the grid.
Fabien Foret is recovering from a day one crash that saw
him crack his C6 and C7 vertebrae, and suffer a concussion.
Latest medical reports indicate that Foret will be out of
action for two months, but should make a full recovery.
Massimo Roccoli (Yamaha Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni) slipped
one place to 18th on the grid on day two of qualifying and
David Salom (Yamaha Spain World Supersport) went 16th.
Broc Parkes (1st - 2'03.203 - Yamaha World Supersport
Team)
"It's a great feeling to have had five pole position
rides in a row and I'm happy with the final results of all
the work we did in qualifying. Our bike is working really
well on fresh rubber, as usual. I think that the rate of wear
from the tyres will be the same for everyone in the race tomorrow,
and the pace will be pretty even between the top guys. Maybe
it will be a case of managing the tyres in the last few laps.
But on the new track surface, we'll have to wait and see."
Wilco Zeelenberg (Team Manager, Yamaha World Supersport
Team)
"Broc is simply brilliant at getting pole positions and
five in a row is really something special. What can we say,
qualifying fastest is what he is really good at right now
and the desire to succeed is also in his guts at the moment.
He kept his patience to wait until we got to know all the
information we needed for the race, even though another rider
went faster near the end. Only then did Broc go out and take
pole. That is the best thing about his practice performances,
his willingness to work for a good race set-up."
Massimo Roccoli (18th - 2'04.891 seconds - Yamaha
Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni)
"Today wasn't a good day because although the bike was
very good, the engine has had another step of evolution and
was very competitive, I didn't ride as aggressively as I needed
to. Our tyre strategy was excellent but I think it is simply
a problem of my confidence to go as fast as I know I can."
David Salom: (16th - 2'04.779 seconds - Yamaha Spain)
"I've been riding very comfortably and the faster I went
the more comfortable I felt. My best lap time is very good,
faster than last year's pole position. I've improved my best
time from last year by three seconds and the bike, team and
me have all improved too."
Circuit Length: 5403
2008 WSS Czech Republic - Brno 19/07/2008
Qualifying 2
Pos. Rider Nat. QUAL I QUAL II
1 Broc Parkes AUS 2'3.604 2'3.203
2 Barry Veneman NED 2'4.552 2'3.452
3 Joshua Brookes AUS 2'3.922 2'3.562
4 Andrew Pitt AUS 2'4.176 2'3.590
5 Craig Jones GBR 2'4.194 2'3.761
6 Mark Aitchinson AUS 2'4.377 2'3.775
7 Jonathan Rea GBR 2'4.622 2'3.934
8 Vesa Kallio FIN 2'4.760 2'4.135
9 Matthieu Lagrive FRA 2'4.654 2'4.368
10 Russell Holland AUS 2'6.168 2'4.508
11 Gianluca Nannelli ITA 2'4.663 2'4.546
12 Didier Van Keymeulen BEL 2'5.806 2'4.605
13 Gregory Leblanc FRA 2'5.634 2'4.670
14 Robbin Harms DNK 2'4.816 2'4.676
15 Garry McCoy AUS 2'4.721 n/a
16 David Salom ESP 2'5.583 2'4.779
18 Massimo Roccoli ITA 2'5.517 2'4.891
22 Fabien Foret FRA 2'5.151 n/a
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