BAYLISS SECURES FRONT ROW START FOR TOMORROW'S RACES AT THE RICARDO TORMO
CIRCUIT IN VALENCIA
Valencia
(Spain), Saturday
5th April: Troy
Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) faced stiff competition in this
afternoon's Superpole in Valencia but succeeded in snatching a
place on the front row of the grid for tomorrow races. Bayliss will start from
third place while team-mate Michel Fabrizio also fought hard to
take eleventh place. With many riders all lapping within a second of each other,
it was not an easy day for the Ducati Xerox Team who have had to work hard on
both riders' 1098 F08 machines in order to optimize the bike set-up ready for
the races tomorrow afternoon.
Troy
Bayliss
1m33.9s
"I
have to say it was very competitive out there today with the first ten riders
all within a second of each other. I was pretty satisfied with my Superpole lap
but it has been a bit of a struggle over the last two days. We have had a few
little problems which we've had to try and resolve by trying different things
and we'll continue to work before tomorrow's races in order to hopefully be a
bit more consistent in competition. There are a lot of strong riders starting
from the front couple of rows tomorrow so it will be difficult but I'd say
there's a very good race in store for the crowd."
Michel
Fabrizio
1m34.7s
"Overall
I'm happy with my performance but I could have done better in Superpole. It was
simply very competitive and I unfortunately lost a few tenths at certain points
of the track. My team has worked really hard during all the sessions so far and
this morning we continues to work on the set-up of the bike. We'll see how we go
tomorrow in warm-up before establishing whether to make any more modifications
but I'd say we're more or less ready for the races."
This
afternoon the Ricardo Tormo circuit was also the location for the presentation
of the Alfa Romeo 147 Ducati Corse to the Spanish media. Team Manager
Davide
Tardozzi and the two riders were all guests at the event which
strengthens the relationship between Alfa Romeo and Ducati.
TIMES
(Superpole):
Neukirchner
(Suzuki) 1m33.8s; Kagayama (Suzuki) 1m33.9s,
Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m33.9s; Xaus (Ducati) 1m34.3s, Lanzi
(Ducati) 1m34.3s, Kiyonari (Honda) 1m34.3s, Checa (Honda) 1m34.4s, Corser
(Yamaha) 1m34.6s, Biaggi (Ducati) 1m34.6s, Haga (Yamaha) 1m34.7s, Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1m34.7s
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