European SuperStock 2001 - Round 1

Shannon Johnson put the Ten Kate Fireblade into 2nd spot on the provisional grid today at Valencia. The Australian youngster was in brand new leathers which were a bit tight, making him a little uncomfortable but hopefully they are now starting to break-in for tomorrow.

Tortoroglio on the new Suzuki GSX-R 1000 was quickest, but only 8 hundredths faster than Shannon, but get this....

Speed down the main straight for the Suzuki was 270.5 while Shannon's Honda could only manage 254.9. So how much faster must Shannon be going in the corners............

Both Johnson and Tortoroglio were under the lap record but Shannon did go faster here last year when he jumped on the bike for the first time. However it was very windy today which caused a few problems. The White Power man is working on Shannon's shock a little more tonight to hopefully give Shannon the edge he needs to take pole tomorrow.

1 second covers the top 18!

1	W. Tortoroglio	Suzuki	1m41.849
2	S. Johnson	Honda	1m41.933	0.084
3	M. Heckles	Honda	1m42.025	0.176
4	J. Ellison	Suzuki	1m42.081	0.232
5	L. Alfonsi	Ducati	1m42.128	0.279
6	K. Verstraeten	Honda	1m42.200	0.351
7	B. Jerzenbeck	Suzuki	1m42.235	0.386
8	G. Vizziello	Yamaha	1m42.267	0.418
9	D. Tosolini	Ducati	1m42.277	0.428
10	M. Wegscheider	Suzuki	1m42.538	0.689
11	D. Oliver	Aprilia	1m42.662	0.813
12	O. Four	Honda	1m42.719	0.870
13	D. Vankeymeulen	Honda	1m42.763	0.914
14	C. Burns	Suzuki	1m42.784	0.935
15	G. Romanelli	Suzuki	1m42.965	1.116
16	A. Notman	Aprilia	1m43.244	1.395
17	K. Vleugels	Yamaha	1m43.252	1.403
18	M. Nutt	Suzuki	1m43.265	1.416
19	B. Nabert	Suzuki	1m43.420	1.571
20	L. Mauri	Ducati	1m43.740	1.891
21	R. Fabbroni	Honda	1m43.855	2.006
22	J. Bakker	Ducati	1m43.941	2.092
23	E. Pasini	Ducati	1m44.670	2.821
24	Y. Gyger	Honda	1m44.785	2.936
25	P. Mooijman	Yamaha	1m44.799	2.950
26	G. knobloch	Yamaha	1m44.980	3.131
27	L. Fourreau	Suzuki	1m45.310	3.461
28	S. Coopman	Yamaha	1m45.675	3.826
29	R. Ricci	Suzuki	1m45.816	3.967
30	J. Moreno	Suzuki	1m45.953	4.104
31	F. Rafanelli	Honda	1m47.219	5.370
32	N. Carlberg	Yamaha	1m49.431	7.582

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