FIM 1000cc Superstock European Championship Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain July 30 Final Qualifying Results (all on Pirelli tires): 1. Danilo PETRUCCI, Italy (Ducati 1098R), 2:08.582 2. Davide GIUGLIANO, Italy (Ducati 1098R), 2:08.779 3. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (Ducati 1098R), 2:09.168 4. Lorenzo ZANETTI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), 2:09.215 5. Sylvain BARRIER, France (BMW S1000RR), 2:09.576 6. Leandro MERCADO, Argentina (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 2:10.005 7. Lorenzo BARONI, Italy (Ducati 1098R), 2:10.254 8. Eddi LA MARRA, Italy (Honda CBR1000RR), 2:10.268 9. Markus REITERBERGER, Germany (BMW S1000RR), 2:10.293 10. Lorenzo SAVADORI, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 2:10.577 25. Taylor KNAPP, USA (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 2:13.191 More, from a press release issued by Infront Motor Sports: Some terrific form in qualifying saw Danilo Petrucci take his fourth Superstock 1000 pole position in a row for the Barni Racing Ducati Team. The youngster from central Italy will head an all-Italian front row, with FIM Cup points leader Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati), Niccolò Canepa (Lazio MotorSport Ducati) and Lorenzo Zanetti (BMW Motorrad Italia Superstock team) taking the next three slots. Brno winner Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia Superstock team) heads up row 2, with Argentina’s Leandro Denis Marcado putting together a good run to sixth for the Pedercini Kawasaki team. The second row was completed by Lorenzo Baroni (Althea Racing Ducati) and Eddi La Marra (Lorini Honda) in seventh and eighth. Britain’s Danny Buchan (Goeleven Kawasaki) was the first home-bred rider on the grid in 15th place. More, from a press release issued by Team Pedercini: Sunny and dry conditions today in Silverstone for the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup free practice and qualifying sessions. During morning free practice, Marco Bussolotti and Tati Mercado continued to work on various settings, while Bryan Staring was only able to complete two laps due to some technical problems with his Kawasaki. Bussolotti (2’11″250) was seventh and Mercado (2’11″431) followed him in ninth position, backing up yesterday solid performance. In the afternoon’s second qualifying session, a fantastic result for Tati Mercado (2’10″005) who reached sixth place and the second row of the grid for tomorrow’s race. Not a good qualifying session for Bussolotti and Staring. The Italian rider (2’10″990) was only fourteenth while Bryan obtained only the twentieth position. Fourth row for Bussolotti and fifth for Staring in tomorrow 10-lap race. Superstock 1000 free practice : 1) Giugliano (Ducati) 2) Canepa (Ducati) 3) Barrier (BMW) 4) Zanetti (BMW) “¦”¦. 7) Bussolotti (Kawasaki) “¦”¦ 9) Mercado (Kawasaki) “¦”¦.. 31) Staring (Kawasaki) Superstock 1000 qualifying 2 : 1) Petrucci (Ducati) 2) Giugliano (Ducati) 3) Canepa (Ducati) 4) Zanetti (BM) 5) Barrier (BMW) “¦… 8) Mercado (Kawasaki) “¦.. .. 14) Bussolotti (Kawasaki) “¦”¦. 20) Staring (Kawasaki) Marco Bussolotti : “This morning I felt a little bit better also because at the end of the free session we made some changes and it resulted in a big improvement. This afternoon I did not find the same feeling with my bike that I had had this morning and I reached only fourteenth position. My race pace is pretty good and we’ll work on it tomorrow during the morning warm-up session. Tomorrow I’ll start from the fourth row of the grid and it will be a difficult race but I’ll try my best to obtain a good result.” Brian Staring: “I’m not happy with today’s results of course but technical problems hounded us in both the morning and afternoon sessions and so I didn’t have enough track time to be able to improve my position. I’m disappointed and it won’t be easy starting from the fifth row but I hope we can find the right direction in time for the races. All I can do is try my best to push and reach the points zone.” Leandro “Tati” Mercado: “I would say today has gone quite well. I’m pretty happy for my results and also about the set-up we found. I think it’s good enough for the full race. This afternoon I was able to slightly improve my best lap time, but also my pace for more than one second. This is really very important in view of tomorrow’s race. For the race I look forward to a good start I’ll try my best to reach a good result for me and for my team. They have done a great job during these last two days here in Silverstone”.