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SUZUKI RACING: NEUKIRCHNER TAKES GERMAN SUPERPOLE

/noticias.info/ Team Suzuki Press Office - June 14.


Team Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner delighted the home fans by taking Superpole for tomorrow's seventh-round World Superbike Championship round at the Nurburgring.

The young German had to dig deep to beat Troy Bayliss (Ducati) and Carlos Checa (Honda), but he lapped the 5.137 kilometre circuit without mistake to end with a time of 1:55.471 - three-tenths-of-a-second quicker then his nearest rival.

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Fonsi Nieto had a Superpole to forget and finished 14th quickest, but team mate Yukio Kagayama missed Superpole completely! He crashed at the end of the free practice just before Superpole and hit his head and hand hard. Although the Clinica Mobile failed to find any broken bones, Kagayama was taken to a local hospital for a check-up. Depending on the results, he may be forced to sit out tomorrow's pair of 20 lap races

Max Neukirchner - 1st, 1:55.471:

"I saw that Carlos had done a very fast lap and I knew my lap would have to be perfect to beat him, but my lap was very good and without mistake. I am so happy to win Superpole, especially in front of my home fans and it is a very special feeling. I want to thank my whole team for the good job they have done this weekend. I am happy with my bike set-up for the race, but I hope that it doesn't rain because that would be a shame for all the spectators - and all the riders of course!"

Fonsi Nieto - 14th, 1:57.491:

"My Superpole was not good - as usual. I am not sure why it's always this way. The fourth row of the grid gives me a lot of work to do in the races tomorrow. I tried my best in Superpole and pushed as hard as I could, but I made a couple of small errors and that was enough to push me down the grid. It's a pity because I found a good set-up in practice and qualifying and know that I can do well in the races."

Final WSB qualifying: 1 Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki) 1:55.471, 2 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:55.791, 3 Checa (E-Honda) 1:55.888, 4 Haga (J-Yamaha) 1:56.401, 5 Fabrizio (I-Ducati) 1:56.436, 6 Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1:56.522, 7 Lanzi I-Ducati) 1:56.574, 8 Biaggi (I-Ducati) 1:56.918, 9 Muggeridge (Aus-Honda) 1:56.980, 10 Xaus (E-Ducati) 1:57.053. 14 Fonsi Nieto (E-Suzuki Alstare) 1:57.491. 16 Yukio Kagayama (J-Suzuki Alstare) - Did not start Superpole.

SUPERSTOCK 1000:


Difficult conditions in this afternoon's final qualifying did not help Xavi Simeon or any of the riders and he was not able to improve on his lap time from yesterday.

The final qualifying session saw a track dry in some parts and wet in the other and all riders struggled to find the right set-up for the tricky conditions.

Aussie Brendan Roberts (Ducati) is on pole, with Maxime Berger (Honda) second, Davide Giugliano (Suzuki) third and Dominic Lammert (Suzuki) fourth - all with lap times from yesterday.

Xavi Simeon - 5th, 2:02.056:

"In the morning practice we improved the rear suspension and tried some different mapping on the bike and I think it was better. This afternoon's session was very difficult, with some parts of the track dry and others wet. If you had the correct tyres for the dry part, it was impossible to ride in the wet. If you had tyres for the wet, the dry part of the track wrecked the tyres! I don't know what the weather will be like tomorrow but, whatever the conditions, I will be fighting for a podium for sure!

Final Superstock 1000 qualifying: 1 Roberts (Aus-Ducati) 2:00.377, 2 Berger (F-Honda) 2:00.960, 3 Giugliano (I-Suzuki) 2:01.326, 4 Lammert (D-Suzuki) 2:01.351, 5 Xavi Simeon (B-Alstare Suzuki) 2:02.056, 6 Pirro (I-Yamaha) 2:02.120. notas_de_prensa_archivo