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World Superbike 2006 -
Round Five - Silverstone - Superbike Qualifying 1 - Troy Corser Report May 26th,2006 |
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World Superbike 2006 -
Round Five - Silverstone - Superbike Qualifying 1 - Troy Corser Report May 26th,2006 |
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The first day of qualifying at Silverstone saw very mixed conditions, so Troy rode used his head and took advantage of a dry track in the afternoon to finish second fastest. His fellow countryman Troy Bayliss (Ducati) posted the day’s best time, with a lap of 1:27.011. Third was Fonsi Nieto (Kawasaki), with Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) completing the provisional front row of the grid. The track was very wet in the morning session but, in the afternoon, conditions improved. Nearly half the timed qualifying session took place in the dry and that was when all the riders set their best lap times. TROY - 2nd,
1:27.068 - "Today went pretty well really and I’m reasonably
happy. In the morning session it was very wet and we didn’t have
the best set-up on our bike, so I took it fairly steadily. The
weather improved a bit in the afternoon timed qualifying and I
reckon we got about half an hour maybe of pretty dry track time.
But there were still some damp patches around, so you had to
take care of your line. Obviously some people didn’t, because
there were quite a few crashes! When the track dried, we went
back to the set-up we used here last year and it worked pretty
well straightaway. Silverstone is very much a one-line track, so
the last thing we all need is a wet race. I hope that it is dry
tomorrow and it stays that way for Sunday, because then the
racing will be much better for sure. |
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