FIM Supersport World Championship Silverstone, England July 30, 2010 Qualifying Session One Results (all on Pirelli tires): 1. Eugene LAVERTY, Ireland (Honda CBR600RR), 2:09.826 2. Gino REA, Great Britain (Honda CBR600RR), 2:09.916 3. Joan LASCORZ, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-6R), 2:09.987 4. Kenan SOFUOGLU, Turkey (Honda CBR600RR), 2:10.069 5. Miguel PRAIA, Portugal (Honda CBR600RR), 2:10.438, crash 6. Roberto TAMBURINI, Italy (Yamaha YZF-R6), 2:10.689 7. David SALOM, Spain (Triumph Daytona 675), 2:10.761 8. Fabien FORET, France (Kawasaki ZX-6R), 2:10.915 9. Katsuaki FUJIWARA, Japan (Kawasaki ZX-6R), 2:11.195 10. Billy MCCONNELL, Australia (Yamaha YZF-R6), 2:11.339 11. Chaz DAVIES, Great Britain (Triumph Daytona 675), 2:11.339 12. Matthieu LAGRIVE, France (Triumph Daytona 675), 2:11.373 13. Robbin HARMS, Denmark (Honda CBR600RR), 2:11.385 14. Vittorio IANNUZZO, Italy (Triumph Daytona 675), 2:11.569 15. Massimo ROCCOLI, Italy (Honda CBR600RR), 2:11.578 16. Alexander LOWES, Great Britain (Yamaha YZF-R6), 2:11.714 17. Sam LOWES, Great Britain (Honda CBR600RR), 2:11.948 18. James WESTMORELAND, Great Britain (Yamaha YZF-R6), 2:12.153 19. Mark AITCHISON, Australia (Honda CBR600RR), 2:12.177 20. Ronan QUARMBY, South Africa (Honda CBR600RR), 2:13.086 More, from a press release issued by Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: Kenan Sofuoglu set the fourth fastest time in today’s first World Supersport qualifying session at Silverstone in the UK in preparation for Sunday’s tenth round encounter. The current series leader’s time was just two tenths of a second slower than Honda CBR600RR-mounted provisional pole man, Eugene Laverty. Sofuoglu is eager to extend his 15-point series lead this weekend with Laverty one of his main championship rivals. The other, Joan Lascorz, is also on the provisional front row with the third fastest time today, just a tenth behind second-placed Gino Rea, also on Honda machinery. Sofuoglu’s Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate for this weekend, South African Ronan Quarmby, ended the day in 20th position after riding the Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR for the first time. Like his fellow World Supersport riders, the 19-year-old also had to learn Silverstone’s recently adapted 5.902km layout, but is confident of further improvement in tomorrow’s free practice and final qualifying sessions. Kenan Sofuoglu P4 2’10.069s The track is not easy, of course, and I already said before the weekend that it wasn’t my favourite. But all in all, we’ve just arrived, sat on the bike and went out so the speed is not so bad for now. Of course, we need to be better than fourth, but I know we can improve the set up and I can improve myself tomorrow. There are no big problems at the moment and we just have to find a small change to the set-up to make things better. Also, I’m still searching for the best line I can’t say it’s really good at the moment. Once again, I’m fighting with the other two fast guys but I think tomorrow I’ll be ready to go faster and hopefully keep the bike on the front row for Sunday’s race. Ronan Quarmby P20 2 ‘13.086s I think the biggest problem today is the new track it was a little slippery but there are so many different lines and different places to brake and get on the gas. I’ve been watching the MotoGP and Moto2 races here and did maybe five or six laps on the scooter but it’s still difficult. I’ve also got a new bike under me with traction control and other electronics that I’ve not used before it’s just extraordinary! There’s so much more to use and benefit from and my ideal time was a full second faster, so tomorrow I know I’ll be in the high 10s or low 11s. I’ll get a good night’s rest and think about things and then see what happens tomorrow, which will hopefully be better than today! Ronald ten Kate team manager It was not such a bad start to the weekend considering we are at this new track for the first time. Kenan made a good jump forward after this morning’s free practice session and is confident of more to come tomorrow. For Ronan, it’s a whole new experience, with a new bike AND a new circuit to learn. He has made methodical progress today and we can only ask for more of the same tomorrow, when I am sure he will be faster. More, from a press release issued by ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing: Silverstone, Triumph’s home track, hosted today the first day of practice as the ParkinGO BE1 Racing riders did not go for the speed but focused on setup during both sessions. First, they had to re-learn the track, which has been partially modified, then worked on base setup. David Salom posted the seventh fastest time of the day, Chaz Davies and Matthieu Lagrive finished eleventh and twelfth respectively, while Iannuzzo was fourteenth. However, all riders are confident they can improve their own provisional starting positions with a better setup tomorrow. DAVID SALOM | Triumph Daytona 675 | 7th in 2’10.761 : “We did a good job today, we tried all types of tyres and found a good setup. By the end of qualifying session, I had to return to the pit box. I was improving my time with the new tyre on, but couldn’t go on because of the smoke that was coming from my teammate’s broken engine, who was a couple of hundred metres in front of me. I will try again tomorrow, hopefully will qualify within the first two rows”. CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 11th in 2’11.339 : “I still have a lot of work to do setup wise, especially when entering the corner. However, myself and the team believe we know where we have to change and am confident I can improve myself tomorrow. Unfortunately, by the end of the session, I pushed too hard and the engine broke and wasn’t able to complete the lap”. MATTHIEU LAGRIVE | Triumph Daytona 675 | 12th in 2’11.373 : “I got a good feeling with the track and am satisfied with the setup we found on the faster sections of the circuit. I still have to improve in the hairpin corners, where I seem to lose a lot of time, hopefully will do that tomorrow”. VITTORIO IANNUZZO | Triumph Daytona 675 | 14th in 2’11.569 : “I’m on the right path, I tried different cycle part and tyre solutions in these two sessions and was able to get a good feeling with the front end. Unfortunately, by the end of the session, I ran into a small technical issue and had to return to the pit box”.