Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) slammed in a record 1'54.595 in the final run to take only his second career Superpole win and lead tomorrow's race grid for the German Round at the Nurburgring. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) was the early pace setter and remained second, but original third place man James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda) was demoted to eighth, after leaving pitlane too early in Superpole 3. All the riders behind him, down to eighth place, were thus promoted one spot on the grid.
Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) is now in third on the revised grid, with Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) moving up to fourth. Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) is one step closer to Biaggi in fifth, and Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) is now sixth, not seventh. Tom Sykes had a great ride throughout Superpole, and slotted his Kawasaki Racing Team four-cylinder into seventh place, one up on the luckless Toseland.
Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad), who has been one of the main protagonists throughout the weekend, had a luckless Superpole, this time high-siding, and landing hard, his third crash in around an hour of track action. He was out of Superpole from that point, finally qualifying 14th.
Max Biaggi: "After my crash I had a pain in my back and my left arm but nothing broken, just a big crash. We did a lot of work in set-up on the bike and our race pace is not so bad. For the race tyres, we are not so bad and after a few laps there should be even better grip. I am happy for me and my team, and all my sponsors."
Carlos Checa: "Everything has worked well here with our bike and we have been quick to find a competitive pace. We were fast in Superpole but then Max did an even faster lap and we went second. We are on the front row and satisfied with our pace. I hope we can finish the season well and bring Ducati to the top."
Sylvain Guintoli: "After going fastest in the second Superpole I thought I could go even better but I had no more qualifying tyres left. I had burned one getting stuck behind people so I had to put a used one in for the last part of the last session. But I am happy, have a good pace and this track is so nice, brilliant."Saturday, 04 September 2010 17:04
1 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'54.595 2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'54.621 3 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'54.934 4 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'55.138 5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'55.161 6 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'55.276 7 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'55.378 8 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'54.909 9 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'55.264 10 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'55.295 11 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'55.375 12 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'55.524 13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'55.577 14 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'55.599 15 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'55.735 16 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'55.908 17 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'56.457 18 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'57.613 19 5 Lowry I. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'57.669 20 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'56.825 21 33 Lai F. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'58.812 22 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'59.875
