FIM Superbike World Championship Kyalami, South Africa May 15, 2010 Final Qualifying Results, After Superpole (all on Pirelli tires): From Superpole Three: 1. Cal CRUTCHLOW (Yamaha YZF-R1), 1:37.243 2. James TOSELAND (Yamaha YZF-R1), 1:37.260 3. Carlos CHECA (Ducati 1098R), 1:37.296 4. Michel FABRIZIO (Ducati 1098F10), 1:37.368 5. Leon HASLAM (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:37.401 6. Jakub SMRZ (Ducati 1098R), 1:37.561 7. Max BIAGGI (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 1:37.613 8. Leon CAMIER (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 1:38.148 From Superpole Two: 9. Luca SCASSA (Ducati 1098R), 1:37.756 10. Sylvain GUINTOLI (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:37.875 11. Jonathan REA (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:37.953 12. Tom SYKES (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:38.206 13. Troy CORSER (BMW S1000 RR), 1:38.210 14. Sherdan MORAIS (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), 1:38.404 15. Ruben XAUS (BMW S1000 RR), 1:38.471 16. Noriyuki HAGA (Ducati 1098F10), 1:38.496 From Superpole One: 17. Max NEUKIRCHNER (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:38.917 18. Shane BYRNE (Ducati 1098R), 1:39.037 19. Chris VERMEULEN (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:39.317 20. Broc PARKES (Honda CBR1000RR), 1:40.713 The Rest of the Grid: 21. Roger HAYDEN (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:40.981 22. Matteo BAIOCCO (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:41.526 More, from a press release issued by Infront Motorsports: Closest ever Superpole front row headed by Crutchlow In what was the closest ever period of Superpole qualifying in the Superbike World Championship, the top four riders, headed by Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda), all finished with 0.125 seconds of each other. Crutchlow and second placed man James Toseland each beat Ben Spies’ previous record best lap, with Crutchlow taking his third pole of the year with a 1 minute 37.243 second lap. Third fastest man when it mattered for grid positions was Carlos Checa from the Althea Ducati squad, and the front row was completed by Ducati Xerox rider, Michel Fabrizio. Leon Haslam was fifth for Suzuki Alstare, while Ducati Pata B&G privateer Jakub Smrz (fastest in combined qualifying) was sixth in Superpole. The top eight was completed by Aprilia Alitalia duo, Max Biaggi and Leon Camier. Superpole two was contested by the top 16 riders, but those to lose out on the chance to go for a front row start in Superpole 3 included privateer Luca Scassa (Supersonic Ducati), Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) plus other big names like Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Tom Sykes on his Kawasaki Racing Team machine, who was 12th. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was 13th after a good period of early qualifying was not improved on today. Local rider Sheridan Morais (EmTek Aprilia) was cheered all the way in Superpole and qualified 14th, taking a fourth row start. Noriyuki Haga, winner of each race here last year, was 16th in Superpole, having a tough time again. Cal Crutchlow: “It didn’t look like we were going to be one and two on the grid this weekend. Coming to what was Yamaha’s worst track last year results-wise, as a team we have done a fantastic job to get first and second. It will be interesting tomorrow but today is today and we are first and second. If we get away and make a good start then it will make for entertaining racing.” James Toseland: “I went wide twice in my fast lap, and felt there was a high 1’36 in there. But to go from high 1’39s at the start of the weekend to even thinking about a high 1’36, it just gives great credit to the team. I came out this afternoon thinking, ‘right this championship is still there and I am not prepared to just let it slip away.’ To be second on the grid after being 17th this morning means I have to give thanks to everybody from the team and Clinica Mobile.” Carlos Checa: “Here again we are at track where the bike works quite well. We did the best qualifying job of the year because we did not know the track, but we knew that the Ducati was going to work. Finally it was very exciting in qualifying, one of the closest. I though these guys in front would maybe be in the 1’36s but we all did 1’37.2s. I think we will have exciting racing.” Michel Fabrizio: “I pushed very hard in Superpole and when I did a 37.3 I thought that was it, I would be second, but then I saw I was only fourth. But I have a lot of faith in myself and tomorrow I am going to do well in the races.” Times: 1. Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1’37.423 (157,190 km/h); 2. Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1’37.260; 3. Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1198 1’37.296; 4. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1198 1’37.368; 5. Haslam L. (GBR) 1’37.410; 6. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1198 1’37.561; 7. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia 1’37.613; 8. Camier L. (FRA) Aprilia RSV4 1’38.148; 9. Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1198 1’37.756; 10. Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX R 1000 1’37.875; 11. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR 1000 RR 1’37.953; 12. Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’38.206; 13. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S 1000 RR 1’38.210; 14. Morais S. (RSA) Aprilia RSV4 1’38.404; 15. Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S 1000 RR 1’38.471; 16. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1198 1’38.496; etc. World Supersport Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) did a 1’40.812 lap in final qualifying to take pole in South Africa, heading off perennial challenger Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda). Third on the grid, despite pain from Friday’s crash, was Sofuoglu’s team-mate, Michele Pirro. With championship leader Joan Lascorz only eight, the best Kawasaki Motocard.com machine belonged to Katsuaki Fujiwara, fourth and in a front row starting position. Matthieu Lagrive (ParkinGO Triumph BE1) used his Friday time to claim fifth place, one position up on his team-mate Chaz Davies. Massimo Roccoli made good early ground for his Intermoto Czech Honda team, going seventh on the grid. Lance Isaacs (BikeFin Safe Sky Honda) was top local qualifier, 11th. Times: 1. Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR 600 RR 1’40.812 (151,625 km/h); 2. Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR 600 RR 1’40.896; 3. Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR 600 RR 1’41.415; 4. Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’41.415; 5. Lagrive M. (FRA) Triumph 675 Daytona 1’41.418; 6. Davies C. (GBR) Triumph 675 Daytona 1’41.675; 7. Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR 600 RR 1’41.700; 8. Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’41.856; 9. Salom D. (ESP) Triumph 675 Daytona 1’41.874; 10. Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR 600 RR 1’42.060; etc. More, from a press release issued by Team PATA B&G Racing: Smrz started Superpole as one of the favourites for a slot in the front row, after posting the fastest time in qualifying today. Smrz used race tyres in the first session of Superpole( to which the fastest 20 riders in qualifying practice take part) , qualifying to the next session with help from one of the soft tyres on the machine. In the last session, when we were down to eight riders and the first two rows were determined, Smrz set the sixth fastest time, gaining a very good starting position. JAKUB SMRZ | Ducati 1098R | 6th in 1’37.561: “We tried to qualify in the front row and we barely missed it. However, after getting out of the track in Superpole 2 , I have to be satisfied with the result. We’re very confident for tomorrow, when we hope to finish in the top 6 because we have a very performant bike, on which I set a series of very fast laps today. However, I’ll have to work on improving the braking performance in warm up tomorrow. We’ll see what the track conditions will be and then we’ll choose the type of tyres”. More, from a press release issued by Xerox Ducati: A HARD-FOUGHT SUPERPOLE AT KYALAMI; FABRIZIO (DUCATI XEROX) TO LINE UP FOURTH ON THE GRID TOMORROW Kyalami (South Africa), Saturday 15th May: today’s Superpole at the South African track of Kyalami turned into an extremely close contest , when the fastest seven riders finished the last phase of the Superpole within four tenths of a second of each other. Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio, at the end of two very positive days on track, closed today in fourth place, thus ensuring himself of a front row start for tomorrow’s races. Once again this morning, in the second qualifying session, Fabrizio was immediately, and consistently, fast and even though he was unable to improve on the time he set yesterday, he remained at the top of the timesheets until four minutes from the end of the session, when Jakub Smrz on the privateer Ducati went two tenths faster than the Roman rider, who therefore qualified in second place for the afternoon’s Superpole. His team-mate Noriyuki was able to improve by a few tenths with respect to yesterday but this unfortunately did not change his overall position; the Japanese rider thus qualified thirteenth for Superpole. Superpole 1. In the first phase of the Superpole both Noriyuki and Michel went out on race tyres. Michel did enough to find himself in tenth position and deemed a second exit unnecessary. Noriyuki, on the other hand, did go back out on a qualifier and closed this first session in fourteenth position. Superpole 2. Fabrizio confronted this phase in the same way, exiting first on a race tyre to register the sixth fastest time, and then on a “Q” to take the fifth position overall. Noriyuki went straight out on a qualifier but the Japanese rider cited a lack of rear grip. Despite making a second exit on a race tyre, Haga was unable to improve and closed today’s Superpole in sixteenth position. The times in this second phase were extremely close with the first eleven riders closing within half a second of each other. Superpole 3. Once more composed of two exits for Michel, first with the qualifier used in the previous phase and the second with the new “Q”. Just two tenths lost in the first split meant that Michel missed out on the pole position, which eventually went to Crutchlow on the Yamaha. The Italian rider’s time, 1m37.368, ensured him of fourth position, completing a front row composed of Crutchlow, Toseland and Checa, all three of whom finished within a tenth of a second of each other. Michel Fabrizio “Today’s Superpole was not at all easy. I had to really push and at one point I risked finding myself on the ground. I thought I’d finished in second but in the end it was fourth. Anyway, I’m on the front row tomorrow and am confident that I can make two great races. We’ve been going strong both today and yesterday and I know I have good race pace. Of course the competition is always the same but, from fourth on the grid, I think I can push for the win.” Noriyuki Haga “Today I had problems due to a lack of rear grip. In the Superpole, even on the qualifier, I didn’t have enough grip to be able to turn the bike and really push. We still have tomorrow morning to work on the bike and we’ll do our best to improve.” More, from a press release issued by Yamaha: Yamaha dominates Kyalami Superpole with a one-two from Crutchlow and Toseland Yamaha riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland put the hammer down in Superpole today, leaving no doubt of the potential of the 2010 R1 in their hands as they took pole and second on the grid respectively ahead of tomorrow’s two races at the Kyalami circuit. The ongoing development of the Yamaha Sterilgarda team which had been evident from Assen was clear to see in this afternoon’s Superpole heats, with both riders going under the lap record set by Ben Spies last year. Toseland had been slower than Crutchlow to get on the pace this weekend, but having found the set up that works for him, he made it count where it mattered, leading the last heat temporarily before a last flying lap by his team mate saw him take the second spot on the grid. Crutchlow’s Superpole score makes it his third from six rounds this year. His time of 1’37.243 gives him the current fastest lap record for the circuit. Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (1st, 1’37.243) “It’s been great to take three Superpoles from six meetings so far this year, I’m really looking forward to the racing tomorrow. Yamaha have been doing a really good job in developing the bike to put us on the front row, it was unfortunate we couldn’t deliver more in Monza to repay them but we were unlucky. We’ve been up there all weekend in qualifying and practices so I think we have a good chance to deliver in the races. It’s going to be tough but I’m looking forward to taking the fight to the boys, I reckon there will be five or six up there all looking for the win, I think James is going to be one of them.” James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (2nd, 1’37.260) “I’m really happy with that result, especially after this morning’s qualifying, I think we were two seconds faster this afternoon. I’ve got a few people to thank! The Mobile Clinica guys and everyone at Monza hospital for their service last weekend, and all the riders who managed to avoid me going into turn one at the second Monza race. My head was a bit lost yesterday and this morning, which made me head in the wrong direction with the team, but they recalculated and we’ve come back, two seconds faster so a big thank you to them. I haven’t done too many laps in one go here because of my neck, so I’m not sure how it’s going to be over 24 laps but when the lights go out I’m going to hang on in there until the end!” Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team Manager “It’s been a really good day, I was expecting a good lap from Cal, but knowing James physical condition I wasn’t expecting such a big result, I have to say he did a really good job. I know how tough it is on this circuit so congratulations to Cal and James, and also for the team for all the work they’ve done to get them there. Tomorrow will be a really tough race but here it is very important to start from the front row as it’s very difficult to overtake so we have an advantage.” More, from a press release issued by Kawasaki: Sykes On Row Three For Kyalami Races Tom Sykes put up a good fight in qualifying and Superpole on his Kawasaki Racing Team Ninja ZX-10R, finally reaching Superpole 2 and going 12th on the grid for Sunday’s two 24-lap races. His team-mate Chris Vermeulen was still working around the limitations of his injured right knee, but made improvements all through practice to make it into Superpole 1, but he could not progress any further. He is 19th on the grid, and hopes to be in the points on raceday, despite losing some track time in practice. The 4.246km racetrack near Johannesburg has remained free of rain so far, and in consistently dry conditions Sykes found real improvements in his overall machine set-up again, and hopes for even more set-up advances in warm-up on Sunday morning. Sykes was third fastest in the first Superpole sector when using fresh tyres, setting his best time of the weekend in the process, 1’38.206. Tom Sykes: “We went fast in the first Superpole session because we used a new front and new rear tyre and when the bike has grip I can make it work. We have proved that time and time again. So now I am happy to be on the third row, and I know we can improve slightly. We found a lot of time, around 1.4 seconds, using the qualifying tyre. It is a fine balance but we are keeping our heads together working well. Our race pace is not too shabby and we can manage the tyres quite well. So tonight we will have a think about a final plan for race day and come back tomorrow with a few new ideas.” Chris Vermeulen: “There was not so much time between Monza and this race and I spent three days in Belgium after doing physio on my injured knee. The plane flight over to South Africa caused my knee to swell but I am doing as much as I can. On the bike side, I lost quite a bit of track time today because of a couple of small problems but we have found out what the issues were and improved them. I just wanted more time on the bike to re-learn the circuit, but we improved our best time in Superpole anyway, which was good. Quite a step, in fact. We have to compromise the set-up because of my injury but we are now getting good information from the bike and it is starting to get better all the time. We are now a lot closer.” More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki News Service: Team Suzuki Alstare rider Leon Haslam battled away to the fifth fastest time in Superpole today and will start tomorrow’s pair of 24-lap World Superbike races in Kyalami in South Africa from the second row of the grid. Although he would’ve liked a front-row grid place, his position is well-placed for an attack into the first turn for what promises to be yet another action-packed Raceday. Haslam’s team mate Sylvain Guintoli improved from yesterday and was charging towards the first two rows of the grid until the smallest of mistakes in Superpole 2 cost him a place in Superpole 3. Cal Crutchlow took Superpole today – his third of the season – with Yamaha team mate James Toseland second. Third was Carlos Checa (Ducati) with Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) fourth on a day that saw just one second separating the top 13 riders. Leon Haslam – 5th, 1:37.401: “I’m pretty happy with fifth place today and I actually prefer it to fourth because it is a better place from which to attack the first turn. It’s an easier run and as long as I get a good start, I’m sure I’ll be there or thereabouts. I’m happy because my race pace is good and my lap times on race rubber are good. It’s going to be a tough day tomorrow and any one of about six or so riders could win a race. Kyalami is a difficult track to overtake on because there’s more or less only one racing line. When you get off that line, to pass somebody for example, it’s easy to get on a dirty and bumpy part of the track and make a mistake. The first corner is not very far away and after that there are a series of corners where it would be impossible to pass, so good starts are vital. Tomorrow morning we’ll make a few little tweaks to the bike and see if we can improve it further. But, if not, then it’s ready to race and so am I.” Sylvain Guintoli – 10th, 1:37.875: “I am disappointed with my Superpole and but for a small mistake in a final split, I’m sure that I could have got into final Superpole. That would’ve given me at least a place on the second row, but now I will have to start tomorrow’s races from row three. The first corner is quite close and so it’s very important that I make two good starts. If I don’t, I’m going to be in trouble for sure and it’ll be difficult making up ground. “The good news is that I’m happy with my race set-up and very happy with my race tyres. It’s a shame that I didn’t qualify better, because I’m sure that it would’ve made my two races easier. As I said before, this Championship is so competitive and the lap times are so close and if you make the smallest of errors you get punished a lot.” Final WSB qualifying: 1 Crutchlow (GBR-Yamaha) 1:37.243, 2 Toseland (GBR-Yamaha) 1:37.260, 3 Checa (ESP-Ducati) 1:37.296, 4 Fabrizio (ITA-Ducati) 1:37.368, 5 Leon Haslam (GBR-Suzuki Alstare) 1:37.401, 6 Smrz (CZE-Ducati) 1:37.561.10 Sylvain Guintoli (FRA-Suzuki Alstare) 1:38.875. More, from a press release issued by Althea Racing: Kyalami, May 15th 2010 – Althea Racing is once again a protagonist of the sixth round of the World Superbike Championship; the races take place tomorrow at the South African track of Kyalami. Carlos Checa, after an initial moment of hesitation, was consistently fast in the practice sessions, and then registered an impressive 1’37″296 in the Superpole, which was enough to secure himself a place on the front row of the grid for tomorrow; if he can make a fast start he could be in for two great races. “I’m satisfied with the work we’ve done”, declared Carlos. “It’s not an easy track but the Ducati works here. Yesterday I started slowly but then, thanks to the work of the team, we found a good set-up for the races. Qualifying is not my strong point but I came very close to the pole. To start from the front row is important, also because we have a good race pace.” Shane Byrne, on the other hand, has some regrets, having finished in eighteenth position. “Of course I was very angry when I got off the bike”, stated the English rider, “but then once I calmed down I realized that the time recorded was in line with my standards. It will be difficult to start so far back but I hope to have a good result.” Genesio Bevilacqua, the team’s general manager declared, “Qualifying was positive in one respect and negative in another. After Monza we expected results that were more in line with our potential. With Carlos we have found a solid race pace. At Kyalami we will try to obtain good results so as to not lose contact with the leaders. Shane is having a more difficult time but this evening we had a meeting with his technical team to better understand how we can help him to improve.” More, from a press release issued by Troy Corser’s publicist: FRUSTRATION FOR TROY Today’s practice, qualifying and Superpole in Kyalami today was a frustrating experience for Troy and the team. Problems with grip and getting the bike to turn prevented Troy from pushing harder and finishing higher up the grid. Although Troy managed to get into Superpole 2, making further progress was always going to be difficult and now he faces starting tomorrow’s two races from the fourth row of the grid. After his recent performances in Assen and Monza, Troy was looking forward to continuing the improvement here at Kyalami, but the nature of the track caused problems that have yet to be solved. Cal Crutchlow took Superpole today, his third of the season, with Yamaha team mate James Toseland second. Third was Carlos Checa (Ducati) with Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) fourth. The pace of qualifying was no less frantic than usual and, at the end, just one second separated the top thirteen riders. Troy – 13th, 1:38.210 Today was very frustrating. After our positive result in the last round, in Monza, we were hoping to continue our improvement. Instead, we suffered problems that we weren’t able to solve in so far and ended up on the fourth row of the grid. Yesterday and today when we got more grip, we had problems putting the bike where we wanted. It was hard keeping a line exiting the turns and I had to use my knees to keep the bike upright many times. I think I’ve use more knee sliders in these two days than the whole weekend in Monza! Ruben is having the same difficulties, so I know that it is a bike problem, not me or Ruben! The problem seems to be a bit worse on qualifying tyres, but whatever it is, we have to try and get the bike to work better round here. I only managed to go a tenth of second faster on qualifying tyres than race rubber, whereas normally the difference would’ve been about a second. The nature of the track does not help us. The first half is not so bad because most of the corners open out, but the second half has many corners that tighten up and that’s where we are having more trouble. For us it is a hard track to find a good all-round set-up, because of all the ups and downs and also because of the bumps. We’ve got a lot of electronics dialled in keeping the rear from spinning. Here in Kyalami our bike seems slow, probably because of the altitude. The altitude effects everybody of course, but our bike seems to be one of the slowest round here and that’s not normally how it is. I feel that the harder I push, the harder it is to go fast and that is very frustrating. I hope we can find some improvements in the warm-up tomorrow morning and I get two good starts. For me the first turn is not far enough away! It’s going to be hard getting catching the front guys from the fourth row of the grid, but I’ll do my best for sure. More, from a press release issued Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: Jonathan Rea will start tomorrow’s two sixth round World Superbike championship races from the third row of the grid after setting the 11th fastest time in this afternoon’s Superpole qualifying sessions at Kyalami in South Africa. Pole position was taken by Cal Crutchlow from fellow Briton, James Toseland, while Rea’s Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Max Neukirchner, endured another frustrating qualifying day with the 18th fastest time. Rea’s grid position was particularly disappointing for his team after the 23-year-old had been near the top of the leaderboard in each of the preceding practice and qualifying sessions. The plucky Northern Irishman found it difficult to find the additional grip expected of the Pirelli qualifiers and was unable to improve his times sufficiently to move him into Superpole three for a position on the first two rows, where his race pace suggested he might start. Neuki rchner, meanwhile, continued his search for the optimum combination of balance and suspension set-up on his CBR1000RR to deal with the myriad bumps at the 4.263km Kyalami circuit. Jonathan Rea P11 The bike isn’t perfect, but we’re certainly not in the worst shape we’ve ever been the night before the race. Our race pace is pretty good, really, so it’s doubly frustrating to be on the third row, because we went well in the other sessions. The problem seems to be that we’re not finding the extra grip and speed from qualifiers that the other guys seem to. That’s going to make things difficult for tomorrow for sure, and I can’t afford a bad start. I’m not nervous or anything in fact, I’m quite excited and looking forward to the challenge of tomorrow’s races. But there’s only one direction I can go in. Max Neukirchner P18 I’ve been having quite bad chatter in the sessions so far and this is not helped by the bumps here at Kyalami. The problem begins when I let the brake off in the corner, and I am having to wait a long time to get on the throttle. We haven’t really been able to move forward since Friday morning, so I guess I cannot expect anything more than the starting position that I’ve got. We will have to try something new tomorrow morning and then do the best I can in the races and see what happens. Ronald ten Kate team-manager Jonathan’s race pace is fast, so it is particularly frustrating that while on the qualifying tyres other seem to find perhaps one-and-a-half to two seconds, we only chip away 0.7. So the third row is disappointing but we’re still confident that Jonathan can play a role in the leading group in tomorrow’s races. Max continues to look for a solution that wil l allow him to open the throttle earlier in the corners, and we’ll keep trying to find that for him tomorrow during warm-up. More, from a press release issued by Team Pedercini: Warm and sunny weather condition today in Kyalami for the second qualifying day for Pedercini team Superbike riders. This circuit is a completely new experience for both Baiocco and Hayden and yesterday they spent their full practices to better understand this difficult and technical track. In today morning qualifying session Roger Lee Hayden (1’40″981) worked hard with his team to solve some set up problems, ending in twenty first position. Team-mate Matteo Baiocco (1’41″526) kept struggling with the settings of his Kawasaki ZX 10R and finished the day in twenty second place. Both riders missed the Superpole by less than one second. In afternoon free practice both Pedercini team riders worked with their technical staff to improve their bikes setting in order to be ready for tomorrow’s twenty four lap races. Superbike qualifying 2 : 1) Smrz (Ducati) 2) Fabrizio (Ducati) – 3) Crutchlow (Yamaha) 4) Rea (Honda) 5) Haslam (Suzuki) – ..”¦21 Hayden (Kawasaki) – 22) Baiocco (Kawasaki) Superbike Superpole : 1) Crutchlow (Yamaha) – 2) Toseland (Yamaha) – 3) Checa (Ducati) – 4) Fabrizio (Ducati) – 5) Haslam (Suzuki)”¦”¦.21 Hayden (Kawasaki) – 22) Baiocco (Kawasaki) Roger Lee Hayden :” “I am disappointed with my twenty first position on the grid. I really pushed hard today to get the best out of the bike, but I still miss the absolute pace to get a good result. The adjustments we’ve made showed some improvements, and we managed to be faster than yesterday. Unfortunately I missed the Superpole for less than five tenths. I am not starting the races from a position where I want to be, but in tomorrow morning warm up we will make some more adjustments for the races and I am confident I can get into the points”. Matteo Baiocco :”I’m really disappointed that I was not able to enter the Superpole. We’ve spent the day trying to solve the same issues that we suffered from yesterday, as the bike is still causing me problems on the uneven track surface. This afternoon we work to find a solution and we’ll work also in tomorrow morning warm up as we still have more work to do in order to be competitive for the races. Tomorrow I’ll be starting from the sixth row and it won’t be easy, but I’ll do my best and I hope to reach good results”. More, from a press release issued by Leon Camier’s publicist: Second row start for Camier in Kyalami Leon Camier secured himself a second row start for Round 6 of the World Superbike Championship in Kyalami, South Africa. After using the morning’s qualifying session to continue learning the circuit, Camier made a good start in Superpole 1 when he improved his best time of the weekend by over a second. With 6 minutes remaining in session 2, Leon took advantage of his qualifying tyre to secure himself a place in final Superpole. Maintaining his position of 7th for most of the session, a slight error on his final lap meant Camier was pipped to the post leaving him in 8th place for tomorrow’s grid, lining up alongside his Aprilia team mate Max Biaggi. Commenting this afternoon Leon said “I’m really happy with qualifying as we’ve been struggling this weekend to get the bike to go well on race tyres. I was on for matching or bettering my time on the last lap but I messed up. Hopefully I can get off to a good start tomorrow. I know I’ll have a fight on my hands so will be giving it my all.”