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BIAGGI ON LAUSITZ SECOND ROW
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BIAGGI ON LAUSITZ SECOND ROW
September 8, 2007
Team Suzuki Press Office - September 8, 2007.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Max Biaggi will start tomorrow's
pair of
Superbike World Championship races from the second row of the grid after
qualifying
fifth quickest in a 'Wet Superpole' session at Eurospeedway Lausitz.
In the afternoon untimed practice it looked as if the track was drying
out from the
earlier rain, but 10 minutes before the start of Superpole it began to
drizzle and
so a 'Wet Superpole' was called: That meant all 16 Superpole competitors
had 50
minutes in which to complete a maximum of 12 laps to determine the grid
positions.
Biaggi's mechanics were making some suspension adjustments to his bike
and he was
unable to go out when the Superpole session started and so lost the
opportunity to
go out on track that was mostly dry and post a quick time before the
conditions
worsened. By the time he went out the track was quite wet and he
couldn't match the
times of the riders who had posted their quick laps right at the
beginning.
Team mate Yukio Kagayama sat out most of Superpole and did not record a
time because
of a sore hand and will start form the fourth row of the grid.
Fonsi Nieto (Kawasaki) took advantage of the best conditions at the
start of the
session and set the fastest time with team mate Regis Laconi second,
Troy Bayliss
(Ducati) third and Troy Corser (Yamaha) fourth.
Max Biaggi- 5th, 1:56.746:
"I couldn't go out at the start of the Wet Superpole because my team was
doing some
suspension changes on my bike after the untimed session and the bike
wasn't ready,
so I missed out on making a lap or two when the conditions were not so
bad. By the
time I went out, the track was pretty wet and slippery. This place is a
bit strange
because there is a big variation in grip, maybe because of the rubber
put down by
cars. You have to really concentrate in every turn or you will crash. We
didn't have
much time to find a perfect set-up when it was dry but we're not far off
so I hope
that the races will be dry. I am comfortable in the wet, so that will
not be a big
problem either, but I think everybody would prefer it to be dry
tomorrow."
Yukio Kagayama- 16th, No time:
"When I crashed this morning I hurt my hand and when Superpole was
declared wet
there was no point risking any further injury, so I did not post a lap
time. I will
go the Clinica Mobile and see if they can do something to improve it,
but at the
moment it is quite painful. I intend racing tomorrow but I will have to
see how it
is the morning."
Final WSB Qualifying:1 Nieto (E- Kawasaki) 1:50.681, 2 Laconi
(F-Kawasaki) 1:54.559,
3 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:55.196, 4 Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1:55.360, 5 Max
Biaggi
(I-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) 1:56.746, 6 Xaus (E-Ducati). 16 Yukio
Kagayama
(J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) - No time.
SUPERSTOCK 1000:
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Xavier Simeon clocked the fourth
quickest
time in qualifying and will start tomorrow's Superstock 1000 race from
the front row
of the grid.
Because of today's damp conditions, all the lap times to determine the
grid were
taken from yesterday's qualifying session, which meant Niccolo Canepa (Ducati)
is on
pole position with Claudio Corti (Yamaha) second and Didier Van
Keymeulen (Yamaha)
third.
Xavier Simeon- 4th, 1:42.510:
"I am happy because I was able to ride my bike today without any big
problems from
my ankle, which I hurt yesterday. The strapping I wore overnight helped
a lot and I
had a support on it today as well but really it was no problem. In the
morning we
had some suspension problems and I couldn't go fast, but in the
afternoon we
softened the suspension and the bike was much better. I think my bike
now has a good
set-up for both dry and wet and I feel confident that I can make a good
result."
Final Superstock 1000 Qualifying:1 Canepa (I-Ducati) 1:41.645, 2 Corti
(I-Yamaha)
1:41.909, 3 Van Keymeulen (B-Yamaha) 1:42.047, 4 Xavier Simeon (B-Alstare
Suzuki
Corona Extra) 1:42.501, 5 Dionisi (I-Suzuki) 1:42.672, 6 Badovini (I-MV)
1:42.704.
For more stories about Yukio Kagayama, click here.For photos, click here
For more stories about Max Biaggi, click here.For photos, click here
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Max Biaggi will start tomorrow's
pair of
Superbike World Championship races from the second row of the grid after
qualifying
fifth quickest in a ???Wet Superpole' session at Eurospeedway Lausitz.
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama ended the first
day of
qualifying at the Eurospeedway Lausitz with the third fastest time,
despite
suffering with sore ligaments in his right knee after his crash at
Brands Hatch.
After a five-week break, Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra's Max Biaggi
and Yukio
Kagayama are refreshed and ready for the 11th round of this year's
Superbike World
Championship at the Eurospeedway Lausitz in Germany this weekend.
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