PARKALGAR HONDA’S Eugene Laverty will start from seventh and Miguel Praia from 13th in tomorrow’s 12th round of the World Supersport Championship at Imola in Italy.
The race starts at 1325CET at the 4.959km circuit and will be shown on Eurosport as well as www.worldsbk.com.
Eugene: “We are quite a long way off and I was trying hard. I want more confidence in the front end of my Parkalgar Honda to allow me to brake right to the apex. Conditions are different and cooler since the test so we know what we need to do in order to achieve that. I need to be lapping in the 1m51secs and hopefully we will get it sorted in morning warm up. If the temperature is hot in the morning it will help as it will mimic the expected race conditions and we can use warm up as a proper test session. We aren’t where we want to be but we’ll keep working at it overnight and in the morning.”
Miguel: “I thought it was possible for the third row and 12th was my target – it would have been mega but everything was so close that I am not disappointed with 13th. Because of the poor grip at the circuit, today was really our first and only track session so to beat the time from testing is good and we made improvements. I am comfortable on my Parkalgar Honda which shows what a fantastic job Phil and my crew have done, it is hard to set up a chassis for such a rough track so quickly. My realistic target is to get inside the top 10 in the race.”
Simon Buckmaster, Team Manager: “Eugene is currently in second place in the Championship standings and needs to put pressure on Cal in the race and beat him. He has had a bad day at the office and we need to improve in warm up and the race – there are no other options. It is an impressive qualifying position from Miguel, it is an honest 13th and he is competing with the riders around him. His lap times are good and if he gets with the group in front tomorrow then he has a real chance of improving on his best ever result of 10th, he certainly has a bike capable of passing those in front of him.”
Qualifying
1 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 1′50.680
2 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1′51.260
3 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′51.955
4 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.280
5 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 1′52.400
6 Aitchison M. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.443
7 Laverty E. (IRL) PARKALGAR HONDA CBR600RR 1′52.599
8 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 1′52.789
9 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.856
10 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1′53.039
13 Praia M. (POR) PARKALGAR HONDA CBR600RR 1′53.292.
