BAYLISS AND THE DUCATI 1098 F08 RECORD NEW FASTEST LAP TO TAKE POLE POSITION AT ASSEN
Saturday Apr 26 2008
Superpole - Assen
Assen (The Netherlands) Saturday 26th April: Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) powered his 1098 F08 to the top of the Superpole time sheets this afternoon in Assen, taking his second pole position of the 2008 season and recording a new best lap time for a Superbike at the Dutch track. With six riders, and four different manufacturers, lapping in under 1m39, the battle for places on the front row was hard fought today and the Ducati Xerox Team were therefore very satisfied with the results. Team-mate Michel Fabrizio and his mechanics had a few difficulties with both bikes in this afternoon's second qualifying session and, although there was limited time available to resolve the issues before the start of Superpole, Fabrizio still managed to take a third row position on the grid for tomorrow's races.
Troy Bayliss 1m38.4s
"We lost the way a little this morning for some reason and so I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't improve on the qualifying time I set yesterday. It's looking good so far. All the sessions have gone well except for this morning, and the team has been constantly working towards a better set-up. As I managed a good time in free practice this afternoon, I thought I could maybe do a flat 1'38 or high 1'37 during Superpole but it wasn't to be. Anyway I did enough to start from the front row and so although tomorrow's bound to be difficult against these guys, I'm happy with how today finished and I thank the team too for their hard work this weekend."
Michel Fabrizio 1m39.8s
"This morning we went well with a race tyre and towards the end of the session I got a good lap in, with the fourth fastest time of the session. Then in free practice this afternoon we had a few technical issues with both the first and second bike and unfortunately we were unable to resolve these in time. We didn't have time to make the changes planned for the first bike, which is the one we decided to use for Superpole, and so we had to change the settings and forks from one to the other and this perhaps afeccted by concentration a little. Anyway, I start tomorrow from the third row and I hope to be able to make a great start and then fight for the positions that count."
TIMES (Superpole): Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m38.4s; 2. Haga (Yamaha) 1m38.5s; 3. Xaus (Ducati) 1m38.5s, 4. Corser (Yamaha) 1m38.7s, 5. Neukirchner (Suzuki) 1m38.8s; 6. Checa (Honda) 1m38.8s...... 12. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1m39.8s
Superpole - Assen
Assen (The Netherlands) Saturday 26th April: Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) powered his 1098 F08 to the top of the Superpole time sheets this afternoon in Assen, taking his second pole position of the 2008 season and recording a new best lap time for a Superbike at the Dutch track. With six riders, and four different manufacturers, lapping in under 1m39, the battle for places on the front row was hard fought today and the Ducati Xerox Team were therefore very satisfied with the results. Team-mate Michel Fabrizio and his mechanics had a few difficulties with both bikes in this afternoon's second qualifying session and, although there was limited time available to resolve the issues before the start of Superpole, Fabrizio still managed to take a third row position on the grid for tomorrow's races.
Troy Bayliss 1m38.4s
"We lost the way a little this morning for some reason and so I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't improve on the qualifying time I set yesterday. It's looking good so far. All the sessions have gone well except for this morning, and the team has been constantly working towards a better set-up. As I managed a good time in free practice this afternoon, I thought I could maybe do a flat 1'38 or high 1'37 during Superpole but it wasn't to be. Anyway I did enough to start from the front row and so although tomorrow's bound to be difficult against these guys, I'm happy with how today finished and I thank the team too for their hard work this weekend."
Michel Fabrizio 1m39.8s
"This morning we went well with a race tyre and towards the end of the session I got a good lap in, with the fourth fastest time of the session. Then in free practice this afternoon we had a few technical issues with both the first and second bike and unfortunately we were unable to resolve these in time. We didn't have time to make the changes planned for the first bike, which is the one we decided to use for Superpole, and so we had to change the settings and forks from one to the other and this perhaps afeccted by concentration a little. Anyway, I start tomorrow from the third row and I hope to be able to make a great start and then fight for the positions that count."
TIMES (Superpole): Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m38.4s; 2. Haga (Yamaha) 1m38.5s; 3. Xaus (Ducati) 1m38.5s, 4. Corser (Yamaha) 1m38.7s, 5. Neukirchner (Suzuki) 1m38.8s; 6. Checa (Honda) 1m38.8s...... 12. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1m39.8s
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