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Troy Bayliss
(Ducati Xerox) will line up on the front row of the starting
grid in second place for tomorrow's fifth round of the World
Superbike Championship following a wet Superpole session at
Silverstone. British Superbike regular Tommy Hill (Yamaha) used
his wild-card status to good effect in the slippery conditions
to power to the pole position, while the front row of the grid
is completed by Chris Walker (Kawasaki) and Noriyuki Haga
(Yamaha).
"This place and this weather remind me of the British
Championship in 1998 and 1999 with red flags coming out, bikes
flying everywhere and mine's done that three times this
weekend," declared Troy after Superpole. "I feel like I've been
rolled, bowled and sat on but I'm sure I'm going to come up OK
tomorrow. I made a little mistake in that session, I was
supposed to stay out for another flying lap but there was one
thing we'd changed when I went out and I wasn't happy with it. I
was on the limit and I'd been off three times this weekend and
didn't want to do it again. It was my mistake coming in but my
time was not so bad and I'm quite happy. That's racing, Tommy
did a great job today. I'd like some dry weather tomorrow
especially for the British fans, but I'm going to try and spoil
the party for them."
Rain in the second and final qualifying session in the morning
meant that Lorenzo Lanzi missed out on the Superpole cut today
and the Italian will start from the fifth row of the grid.
"I am a bit disappointed obviously because I didn't take part in
Superpole, it's been some time since that happened. It was
surely not the weekend I had dreamt about," commented Lorenzo.
"But I managed to get the right feeling in the wet conditions in
the afternoon and did some good times, which is important for
tomorrow because the conditions are not very clear. Anything can
happen, the race is still open, I'm starting from the fifth row
but I feel sure I can do two good races." |
