FABRIZIO (DUCATI XEROX) SECURES SECOND ROW START FOR TOMORROW’S RACES AT ASSEN
Saturday Apr 24 2010
Round 4 - Assen
Assen (The Netherlands), Saturday 24th April : Ducati Xerox riders Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga will line up on the second and fourth row respectively for tomorrow’s Superbike races at the TT Circuit in Assen, Michel having qualified in eighth position, Noriyuki in fifteenth.
In morning qualifying, the lap times began to fall in the latter stages of the 45-minute session. Both Michel and Noriyuki were losing valuable tenths through the third split, which prevented them from putting together very fast laps, but both riders nevertheless improved on yesterday’s performances, with Nori taking eight tenths of a second off his best time, and Michel half a second. They thus concluded the second qualifying session in sixth and ninth position, easily qualifying for the afternoon’s Superpole.
Superpole 1. Both riders made a first exit on the race tyre but, with so many riders putting together such fast laps, Michel and Nori both decided to exit again, this time on a qualifier, to ensure safe passage to the second phase.
Superpole 2. Noting that the level of grip between the race tyre and qualifier were similar, both riders replicated the first session,going out first on one then the other. Michel was able to make an extremely fast lap on the race tyre, faster than the lap he made later in the session on a qualifier. That first lap time meant that he finished the second phase in eighth place. Noriyuki unfortunately was not able to put together a clean lap, despite his best efforts, and he concluded with the fifteenth fastest time.
Superpole 3. Michel, having already made use of the two available qualifiers, went back out on race rubber but couldn’t get below 1m36, thus closing in eighth place, securing a place on the second row for tomorrow’s races.
Michel Fabrizio “Second row for tomorrow is not too bad after quite a difficult weekend. I thought that times would drop with the qualifiers but in the end I made my best laps on the race tyre. I’m happy with that, because the laps finally came together, and it gives me confidence for tomorrow’s races. It’s a breath of air after the last two difficult rounds. Tomorrow will of course be tough once again and I guess they’ll be some close racing but I’ll do my best to stick with the leaders.”
Noriyuki Haga “I’m disappointed with today’s Superpole result. I was really pushing but the competition has the advantage here and I wasn’t able to put together consistently fast laps. I don’t quite understand what the problem is but I hope to make strong starts in tomorrow’s races and will do everything possible to take away as many points as I can.”
TIMES (Superpole): 1. Rea (Honda) 1’34.9; 2. Smrz (Ducati) 1’35.0; 3. Corser (BMW) 1’35.3; 4. Haslam (Suzuki) 1’35.3; 5. Camier (Aprilia) 1’35.6; 6. Checa (Ducati) 1’35.8; 7. Byrne (Ducati) 1’35.9; 8. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1’36.4….. 15. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 1’36.5
Round 4 - Assen
Assen (The Netherlands), Saturday 24th April : Ducati Xerox riders Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga will line up on the second and fourth row respectively for tomorrow’s Superbike races at the TT Circuit in Assen, Michel having qualified in eighth position, Noriyuki in fifteenth.
In morning qualifying, the lap times began to fall in the latter stages of the 45-minute session. Both Michel and Noriyuki were losing valuable tenths through the third split, which prevented them from putting together very fast laps, but both riders nevertheless improved on yesterday’s performances, with Nori taking eight tenths of a second off his best time, and Michel half a second. They thus concluded the second qualifying session in sixth and ninth position, easily qualifying for the afternoon’s Superpole.
Superpole 1. Both riders made a first exit on the race tyre but, with so many riders putting together such fast laps, Michel and Nori both decided to exit again, this time on a qualifier, to ensure safe passage to the second phase.
Superpole 2. Noting that the level of grip between the race tyre and qualifier were similar, both riders replicated the first session,going out first on one then the other. Michel was able to make an extremely fast lap on the race tyre, faster than the lap he made later in the session on a qualifier. That first lap time meant that he finished the second phase in eighth place. Noriyuki unfortunately was not able to put together a clean lap, despite his best efforts, and he concluded with the fifteenth fastest time.
Superpole 3. Michel, having already made use of the two available qualifiers, went back out on race rubber but couldn’t get below 1m36, thus closing in eighth place, securing a place on the second row for tomorrow’s races.
Michel Fabrizio “Second row for tomorrow is not too bad after quite a difficult weekend. I thought that times would drop with the qualifiers but in the end I made my best laps on the race tyre. I’m happy with that, because the laps finally came together, and it gives me confidence for tomorrow’s races. It’s a breath of air after the last two difficult rounds. Tomorrow will of course be tough once again and I guess they’ll be some close racing but I’ll do my best to stick with the leaders.”
Noriyuki Haga “I’m disappointed with today’s Superpole result. I was really pushing but the competition has the advantage here and I wasn’t able to put together consistently fast laps. I don’t quite understand what the problem is but I hope to make strong starts in tomorrow’s races and will do everything possible to take away as many points as I can.”
TIMES (Superpole): 1. Rea (Honda) 1’34.9; 2. Smrz (Ducati) 1’35.0; 3. Corser (BMW) 1’35.3; 4. Haslam (Suzuki) 1’35.3; 5. Camier (Aprilia) 1’35.6; 6. Checa (Ducati) 1’35.8; 7. Byrne (Ducati) 1’35.9; 8. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1’36.4….. 15. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 1’36.5
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