Top five for Corser and Haga on day one
The intense heat and humidity that a settled on Misano on
the first day of qualifying was no obstacle to Troy Corser
(Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor
Italia WSB Team) who each started out in competitive form.
A subtly new track layout on the first corner and partial
track re-surfacing could not mask the bumps that were evident
in several places on the Misano track, but despite this each
YMI rider has already made good inroads in their overall machine
set-up.
With the air temperature hitting 34°C during the afternoon
qualifying, Corser went third on the stopwatch and Haga fifth,
with Corser having started out fastest of all 27 competing
riders in the first unofficial session this morning. Corser
took over two tenths of a second from his morning time in
official qualifying, using race tyres in each session.
A tough first day for the other officially supported Yamaha
riders, Shinichi Nakatomi (Team YZF Yamaha), Sebastien Gimbert
(Yamaha GMT94) and David Checa (Yamaha GMT94) saw them 21st,
22nd and 23rd respectively.
Troy Corser (3rd - 1'37.224 - Yamaha Motor Italia
WSB Team)
"Hot work today but it is going OK. We are trying some
things on the bike and our lap times are comparable with the
others, and we can still put in a tyre towards the end and
go even faster. I'm feeling not to bad now and we are just
fine-tuning the bike, working around our base setting. Even
this morning, right out of the box, the bike felt pretty good.
It's well bumpy out there, especially off the back straight.
They have resurfaced some of it but there is less grip in
those places also. The entry to the last corner is also very
bumpy on the braking entry. The track is short and pretty
intense in general and you have to work in the corners, but
I feel good about this weekend."
Noriyuki Haga (5th - 1'37.542 - Yamaha Motor Italia
WSB Team)
"It's pretty bumpy and that doesn't make our set-up easy
to find on the first day so we will continue to work on our
suspension, concentration on bump-absorption. No problems
really, just fine-tuning. Top five is OK today but we will
try some more tyres once we have dealt with the bumps. The
new track layout in a couple of places is OK, but for me not
so much has changed compared to last year."
Massimo Meregalli (Team Manager, Yamaha Motor Italia
WSB Team)
"We are in a good position in the first day, both close
to the top, and we are much better on the first day than we
were at the start of the season, fighting each time. We are
already there. We must be positive about all of it and we
have reached a base setting that works everywhere. Even the
set-up of each rider is quite similar, despite having very
different riding styles. It is strange but it works for both
of them."
Circuit Length: 4060
Weather: Very Hot
2008 WSB San Marino - Misano 27/06/2008
Qualifying 1
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Troy Bayliss Ducati AUS 1'36.863
2 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 1'37.139
3 Troy Corser Yamaha AUS 1'37.224
4 Max Biaggi Ducati ITA 1'37.477
5 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha JPN 1'37.542
6 Regis Laconi Kawasaki FRA 1'37.574
7 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 1'37.618
8 Ruben Xaus Ducati ESP 1'37.710
9 Max Neukirchner Suzuki GER 1'37.751
10 Karl Muggeridge Honda AUS 1'37.752
11 Fonsi Nieto Suzuki ESP 1'37.759
12 Makoto Tamada Kawasaki JPN 1'37.819
13 Ayrton Badovini Kawasaki ITA 1'37.871
14 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 1'38.076
15 Carlos Checa Honda ESP 1'38.189
21 Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha JPN 1'38.652
22 Sebastien Gimbert Yamaha FRA 1'38.774
23 David Checa Yamaha ESP 1'38.843
QUALIFYING 1 REPORT 27/06/2008
Parkes fastest yet again
Once more Yamaha World Supersport Team rider Broc Parkes headed
up a WSS qualifying session, going fastest today and therefore
setting a new track best on Misano's slightly altered track
layout. His 1'40.132 was 0.255 seconds faster than next rider,
Andrew Pitt, and 0.427 seconds faster than his own team-mate
Fabien Foret. Foret put in his quickest lap towards the end
the afternoon qualifying, jumping to a provisional front row
starting position in a session which witnessed 34°C air
temperatures at its peak.
The heat had even more of an effect on the track surface,
with the asphalt on the 4.226km Misano circuit hitting 53°C
during qualifying.
Massimo Roccoli (Yamaha Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni) fell
heavily at the Curva Del Rio corner in the untimed morning
session, having collided with another rider. He still went
14th on his number two bike this afternoon on a track he took
a win at for Yamaha in 2006.
David Salom (Yamaha Spain World Supersport) returned to World
Supersport Championship racing in good form, going 11th out
of 38 riders.
Broc Parkes (1st - 1'40.132 - Yamaha World Supersport
Team)
"It all went good today and we actually spent quite a
bit of time working on race set-up because we wanted to see
how the bike and tyres would react in these hot conditions.
It all worked well and we already have a good set-up. We'll
carry on working to get things even better tomorrow. They
have changed the first chicane a bit and I like it, it makes
more sense in that section of track, and the pit exit is also
improved. I like this track anyway, always have, even though
it is bumpy in places. But once you work out where the bumps
are, it's OK."
Fabien Foret (3rd - 1'40.559 - Yamaha World Supersport
Team)
"It's good to be on the front row already on Friday and
we had a good session this morning. We lost a bit in the afternoon
but we still got third. It's not like we are struggling or
anything like that, but I just didn't feel I could push as
hard this afternoon. We still have tomorrow and I really like
this track, so we will find the right solution."
Wilco Zeelenberg (Team Manager, Yamaha World Supersport
Team)
"Very good for the first day and I think Broc could start
the race tomorrow the way things are, without doing any laps
on Saturday. It's incredible how fast he can be even on the
first day, which has been the case for a few races in a row
now. We still have to find something more for Fabien, to give
him more feel and confidence but we will find it for him.
It is all relative, because he is not completely happy right
now but he still on the front row on the first day. So now
we have to find him a bit more confidence in the front end,
for both race distance and a single fast lap time."
Massimo Roccoli (16th - 1'41.437 seconds - Yamaha
Team Italia Lorenzini by Leoni)
"This morning I crashed at the inside of the Curva del
Rio, because of a slower rider in front. Lascorz and I were
following the rider and Lascorz had to move quickly to avoid
him, and we collided. I hit my head, right elbow and right
shoulder very hard. We had to spend a lot of time fixing the
electronics on the crashed bike and we only got ten laps this
afternoon. The second bike is not set-up properly yet for
the high temperatures."
David Salom: (11th - 1'41.089 seconds - Yamaha Spain)
"Almost in the top ten on the first day is a good result
for us and it's good to be back racing in the World Championship.
We will try to make a good final grid position tomorrow."
Circuit Length: 4060
2008 WSS San Marino - Misano 27/06/2008
Qualifying 1
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Broc Parkes Yamaha AUS 1'40.132
2 Andrew Pitt Honda AUS 1'40.387
3 Fabien Foret Yamaha FRA 1'40.559
4 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 1'40.690
5 Mark Aitchinson Triumph AUS 1'40.708
6 Matthieu Lagrive Honda FRA 1'40.718
7 Joshua Brookes Honda AUS 1'40.770
8 Joan Lascorz Honda ESP 1'40.850
9 Barry Veneman Suzuki NED 1'40.857
10 Craig Jones Honda GBR 1'40.922
11 David Salom Yamaha ESP 1'41.089
12 Vesa Kallio Honda FIN 1'41.214
13 Danilo Marrancone Yamaha ITA 1'41.224
14 Robbin Harms Honda DNK 1'41.263
15 Gianluca Vizziello Honda ITA 1'41.439
16 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha ITA 1'41.473
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