2002 World SuperBike Championship - Round 5 - Monza - SuperPole

Castrol Honda's Colin Edwards will start from second place on the grid in tomorrow's fifth round of the World Superbike championship here at Monza, Italy despite beating his own lap record by more than half a second in the Superpole final qualifying.

Edwards starts on the front row, alongside pole-setter Neil Hodgson and American SP-2 rider Edwards believes the two races will be a three-way tussle between himself, Hodgson and third-on-the-grid, Troy Bayliss.

"Monza is not easy to put the perfect lap together," said Edwards. "It's about the longest circuit we use and you have to be perfect through all three chicanes I made a mess of the second one on my Superpole lap.

"I know that Neil (Hodgson), Troy (Bayliss) and myself will be near the front in tomorrow's races but I wouldn't be surprised if Chili or someone else is up there too.

"We're in good shape with the race set-up although, if it is wet tomorrow, that will count for nothing. We could have done with a little more dry weather testing but that's the same for everyone."