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Leon Haslam takes Silverstone BSB Pole

Trev by Trev
April 10, 2016
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Leon Haslam takes Silverstone BSB Pole

Leon Haslam has kicked off his return to the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in style by claiming the opening pole position of the season in the first Datatag Extreme Qualifying session of 2016 at Silverstone.

Leon Haslam
Leon Haslam

The ‘Pocket Rocket’ had been settling into the changing conditions at Silverstone and in the final stage of Datatag Qualifying the JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider pulled the pin, to topple Jason O’Halloran from the top after an impressive time from the Honda Racing contender.

Jason O'Halloran
Jason O’Halloran

The pair had been pushing at the top in a hectic first session of 2016 as Christian Iddon had also enjoyed a spell as the fastest rider on circuit in the opening stages of the final session.

Christian Iddon
Christian Iddon

They Tyco BMW continued to hold third position and that pushed Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne back to row two on the Be Wiser Ducati as he moved up the order with a sequence of flying laps.

Shane Byrne
Shane Byrne

Luke Mossey also had held the leading position for a short time in the session but the Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki rider will line up on the second row for tomorrow’s opening race of the season in fifth position just ahead of Michael Laverty on the second Tyco BMW.

John Hopkins fired the ePayMe Yamaha into seventh place as the American held off fellow countryman James Rispoli, who had a perfect start to his rookie campaign by pushing into the final stage of the Datatag Qualifying session.

Dan Linfoot on the second Honda Racing Fireblade completed the leading nine riders, but he was unable to set a lap in the final phase due to a technical problem. However the worst luck of the session hit James Ellison as the JG Speedfit Kawasaki will be forced to start from the back of the grid for tomorrow’s opening race after crashing at Farm during the first stage of qualifying before setting a fast enough lap to qualify for Q2.

Leon Haslam – Pole

“I think today was the most nervous, nerve-wracking day of my career. Everything is all a bit new and getting used to a new bike, plus it was the first time I rode it in the wet this morning.

“We had a bit of an intermediate session in Superpole and that was the first time that I had used the SC0 tyre in a while, as we did longer runs in testing so I really didn’t know how the bike would perform with grip. I think it was the same for everyone and we were pushing on all the time to improve.

“I am kind of relieved to have been on pole position but also super happy. The team have done an awesome job and it has been a very busy few months. Now we need to look at tomorrow and then getting the season underway!”

Shane Byrne – 4th on grid

“Today’s been my first real go in anger at putting in a good lap time and although I did that, I couldn’t quite find that last little bit that makes the difference and was perhaps over-riding the bike a little bit. Having said that, the last part of qualifying was really good for me and I understood more about the bike in that session than the others although by then, there wasn’t much tyre left. To finish fourth and only 0.3s off pole is pretty pleasing and we’ve got good potential for tomorrow, so I’m looking forward now to two strong races.”

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Silverstone, Datatag Qualifying result:
  1. Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) 2m:05.501s
  2. Jason O’Halloran (Honda Racing) +0.061s
  3. Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +0.226s
  4. Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.326s
  5. Luke Mossey (Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki) +0.467s
  6. Michael Laverty (Tyco BMW) +0.601s
  7. John Hopkins (ePayMe Yamaha) +0.629s
  8. James Rispoli (Anvil Hire TAG Racing Yamaha) +1.429s
  9. Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing)

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