 Kyalami - Laverty on the front row [EN] [16-05-09 17:08 by staff GoNBike.com] | ||
Laverty on the front row and looking good PARKALGAR HONDA’S Eugene Laverty will start tomorrow’s sixth round of the World Supersport Championship from third on the front row of the grid confident he has the pace to compete with the front runners at the new-for-2009 Kyalami circuit in South Africa. Irishman Laverty is one of only two riders to have broken the 1min41-secs barrier – the other being pole-sitter Cal Crutchlow on a Yamaha. Laverty’s time was not allowed despite passing the finish line with the pit-lane clock showing two-seconds remaining. When the organisation checked against official timing it was found to be out of synchronisation with the pit-lane clock and he actually passed 0.0199secs after the session was finished. Parkalgar Honda’s Portuguese racer Miguel Praia slashed 1.3secs from his lap times yesterday and will start from 17th on the grid. The race starts at 1325CET on Sunday, May 17th. Eugene: “I cannot believe that I started the last lap with two-seconds to go on the pit-lane clock and then was told that it isn’t the official clock and the time was not allowed. That is frustrating but ultimately it doesn’t matter, I can do the time and Cal Crutchlow on pole is the only other rider under the 1min 41secs barrier. The set-up on my Parkalgar Honda is nearly there, we made minor changes today and the CBR600RR is working really well. The only thing we need to decide upon is front tyre - but if it stays cool for the race then we’ll stick with what we are using.” Miguel: “That was definitely a big improvement in lap time from yesterday but I think I should have been 13th rather than 17th. On my last tyre I caught many riders and was slowed down and for sure I think I could have improved by 2/10ths to 13th. Anyway, I can do this lap time very consistently while some of the riders in front of me only managed one lap. I am a better racer than qualifier and my target of the top 10 remains the same.” Simon Buckmaster, Parkalgar Honda Team Manager: “Eugene crossed the line with what looked like time to spare and set the second fastest lap at 1min 40.8secs. It was then disallowed by the race direction because on real circuit timing it was 0.0199secs after the end of the session. It would have been nice to have taken second but it doesn’t really matter; he has shown he can do the time and has fantastic race pace so is looking good. Well done to him and the Parkalgar Honda team for a big effort. Miguel is getting quicker and is now dicing in qualifying with proven race winners Barry Veneman and Anthony West, not to mention Eugene’s brother Michael who is guest riding here and is a previous British Supersport Champion. Miguel will be competing for the points in the race.” Qualifying 1 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 1'40.634 2 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.003 3 Laverty E. (IRL) PARKALGAR HONDA CBR600RR 1'41.161 4 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.396 5 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'41.558 6 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'41.563 7 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'41.603 8 Aitchison M. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.699 9 Nannelli G. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'41.778 10 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'42.003 17 Praia M. (POR) PARKALGAR HONDA CBR600RR 1'42.832 ::Parkalgar Honda Team - Press Release:: | ||
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