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YAMAHA : Curtain second fastest at Brands Hatch

/noticias.info/ Kevin Curtain will start tomorrow’s eighth round of the Supersport World Championship from second on the grid after setting a stunning lap in today’s final qualifying session.

The 39-year-old Yamaha Motor Germany rider took advantage of improved weather conditions and a new tyre option to improve his Friday time by over a second, ending the day with a best of 1:29.196. Team-mate Broc Parkes also found an improvement of over a second and will start from the second row of the grid, his 1:29.723 being good enough for eighth.



Championship leader Sèbastien Charpentier (Honda) starts the 23 lap race from pole position, with a circuit best time of 1:28.376. Gianluca Nanelli (Ducati) and Michel Fabrizio (Honda) complete the front row of the grid.

Kevin Curtain
“I gave it everything I had on that fast lap and didn’t worry about crashing. We were trying out a new tyre so it was a bit of a gamble, but she stayed on the rails and held together well. I’d have liked to have got into the 1:28s but I think that what I did was the best possible. The new tyres worked well but we’ll have to do more endurance testing during the morning warm-up to see if they will last the race distance.”

Broc Parkes
“Second row again! I had a tough session and didn’t really find a good rhythm, which wasn’t helped by the fact that there always seemed to be a queue of four or five riders waiting to get a tow from me. Pirelli supplied us with some different specification tyres for this race and they definitely work better with our bike. We’ll use the new front in the race and will decide on the rear in the morning warm-up.”
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