Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Yukio Kagayama finished Superpole qualifying for the Kyalami World Superbike sixth round in South Africa with the 13th quickest lap time and will start tomorrow's pair of 24-lap races from the fourth row of the grid - but he's confident of putting up a good performance tomorrow.
Fonsi Nieto - injured Max Neukirchner's stand-in this weekend - continued his steep learning process with the 2009 GSX-R1000 K9 and the Kyalami race track and finished the day 21st.
American Ben Spies (Yamaha) won his sixth Superpole of the season with Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) second, Max Biaggi (Aprilia) third and Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) fourth.
Yukio Kagayama - 13th, 1:38.130:
"In both Superpole one and two, I did not get a good feeling with either of my two Q tyres and so my lap times were not so good. But I am happy with my bike set-up for the race and confident that I can fight with the top guys if I can make two good starts. I have only tested at this track once before and have never raced here, so the first start tomorrow will be a new experience for me and very interesting. I hope for two good starts and two good results and that is what I will fight for.
Fonsi Nieto - 21st, 1:39.831:
"Each time I go out on the bike, the feeling is better but I have a lot to learn in not much time. We have improved a lot since yesterday and I think it was bad luck to miss getting into Superpole by just one place. This track is new to me and I do not like it because it is so bumpy. That makes it harder work finding a good bike set-up. I am not happy with my grid position, but I am happy because I am getting more and more used to the bike."
Final WSB qualifying: 1 Ben Spies (USA-Yamaha) 1:37.288; 2 Michel Fabrizio (ITA-Ducati) 1:37.289; 3 Max Biaggi (ITA-Aprilia) 1:37.466; 4 Noriyuki Haga (JPN-Ducati) 1:37.544; 5 Jonathan Rea (GBR-Honda) 1:37.634; 6 Jakub Smrz (CZE-Ducati) 1:37.677; 7 Carlos Checa (SPA-Honda) 1:37.940; 8 Tom Sykes (GBR-Yamaha) 1:38.241; 9 Shinya Nakano (JPN-Aprilia) 1:37.935; 10 Leon Haslam (GBR-Honda) 1:37.988. 13 Yukio Kagayama (J-Suzuki Alstare Brux) 1:38.130, 21 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare Brux) 1:39.831.
