Winston Ten Kate rider Karl Muggeridge improved his yesterday’s time by one second although he got hold up by traffic in the last sector of the track and will start this afternoon’s Superpole from sixth position.

Karl comments: “We tried a couple of things this morning but didn’t really seem to get anywhere, we definitely have to improve the front of the bike, but got some ideas and another one hour session this afternoon before Superpole to work on that and find a solution. The qualifying lap wasn’t too bad, I got hold up a bit in the last two splits but was still able to improve my time and position.”

Superpole: It was a very close and fast Superpole session this afternoon at the 7th round of the World Superbike Championship here at Brno in which Winston Ten Kate Honda’s Karl Muggeridge missed out on the front row by only five thousands behind his team-mate Chris Vermeulen and 38 hundreds behind fellow Honda rider Max Neukirchner.

Nevertheless Muggas is happy with the progress that has been made on the CBR today and is looking forward to some good racing on the wide, hilly and fast track here at Brno.

Muggas comments: “My goal was to be in the top five, but I would have preferred a front row start. The times were really tight; I made two tiny mistakes, so it was rather my own fault than getting beaten by the other guys. I’m pretty happy but, it’s the fastest lap I did all weekend and the bike’s getting better and better every time I get out there. The race set-up is not too bad, I’m hopping for two solid results tomorrow and get up there as high as I can”.

Team Manager Ronald Ten Kate: “I’m actually quite happy with the results of today’s qualifying and Superpole sessions after all the hard work we’ve put in during the weekend so far. With neither rider having been here and other top teams having tested already, we’ve been playing the catch-up game for the first two days. To be honest, I think Karl deserved a front row start and was very close to getting one. We still have some work to do tonight because the lap times and data that we’ve gathered today will for sure help us to improve the bikes a little bit more in the warm-up tomorrow morning so that we can be even more competitive in the races.”