WSB – Monza – Troy in control again

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WSB – Monza – Troy in control again

Once again, at Monza yesterday, Troy showed that he is the rider to beat. He finished the first day of qualifying for the fourth round of this year’s Superbike World Championship top of the pile and ready to go even faster if required. Troy posted a time of 1:47.878, with his team mate Yukio Kagayama two tenths of a second behind. Third quickest this afternoon was Karl Muggeridge (Honda), with Gianluca Nannelli (Ducati) a surprising fourth.

Troy Corser:
“Well, I ended the day exactly where I wanted to be and that’s good for me and all the whole team. We started the session today with the same set-up we used when we tested here ten days or so ago and then just kept trying to improve it little by little. There were no dramas for me at all today and the times I did were pretty comfortable. If I have to go faster, I can – no problem. Exiting the first chicane, it seems that I was the ‘wrong’ side of the ripple strip, but I was just using as much of the track as possible! By doing that I was getting good drive out of that chicane and then good speed going into Lesmo one and two. The Alstare Suzuki is working really well here – you can see that because Yukio is second quickest! This morning, I completed a race distance without any problems and this afternoon about three quarters or thereabouts, so I have a pretty good idea about tyres for the race already – as long as conditions are the same or similar of course. In the past this track used to be all about slipstreaming – especially at the end of the race – but since they moved the finish line to the beginning of the start-finish straight it’s not so crucial now. However, if there are a few riders all close together exiting the Ascari chicane, it is still possible that the last of the group can win. But I do not want to be in that position. For me, I’d like to exit the Ascari with about a three-second or more lead. If I can do that, nobody is going to catch and slipstream me”

1. Troy Corser, Australia, Suzuki, 1:47.878
2. Yukio Kagayama, Japan, Suzuki, 1:48.113
3. Karl Muggeridge, Australia, Honda, 1:48.203
4. GianLuca Nannelli, Italy, Ducati, 1:48.809
5. James Toseland, Britain, Ducati, 1:48.848
6. Chris Vermeulen, Australia, Honda, 1:48.849
7. Regis Laconi, France, Ducati, 1:49.021
8. Andrew Pitt, Australia, Yamaha, 1:49.422
9. Chris Walker, Britain, Kawasaki, 1:49.423
10. Noriyuki Haga, Japan, Yamaha, 1:49.520

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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, But rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming…….WOO HOO, what a ride!

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