World SuperBike 2002 - Round 3 - Kyalami - Qualifying 1

Castrol Honda's Colin Edwards ended the opening day's action in second place after the first qualifying session for round three of the World Superbike championship here at Kyalami, South Africa.

Edwards held the provisional pole position until the dying seconds of the one-hour session when he was pipped by championship leader Troy Bayliss.

Edwards said: "I'm more than happy with today. I always knew that the SP-2 would be strong here and the way Troy's going at the moment he's going to give anyone a battle - it will get serious tomorrow."

Edwards continued: "We've no real drama with the set-up of the machine but after the testing we did here in January that should be the case. Our only real concern is the race tyres.

"Michelin are working hard but we're keeping a close check on the temperature as it's due to drop on Sunday. The last tyre I tried, at the end of today's session, was as good as I've had around here."

Bayliss - 1m41.961
Edwards - 1m41.973
Bostrom - 1m41.996
Xaus - 1m42.505
Hodgson - 1m42.687
Haga - 1m42.830
Chili - 1m42.929
Pedercini - 1m43.304
Borja - 1m43.336
Toseland - 1m43.449
Izutsu - 1m43.52
Martin - 1m44.023
Borciani - 1m44.061
Foti - 1m44.205
Walker - 1m44.350
Parkes - 1m44.486
Lavilla - 1m44.508
Sanchini - 1m44.872
Antonello - 1m45.018
Stey - 1m46.060
Heckles - 1m46.459
Mrkyvka - 1m47.687
Clementi - 1m49.170
Gyger - 1m53.077

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