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Saturday, 25 July 2009 21:19 |
 World Superbike report - Kagayama on fourth row at Brno.
Team Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Yukio Kagayama qualified in 13th position for the 10th round of the World Superbike Championship in Brno this afternoon and will start tomorrow's pair of 20 lap races from the fourth row of the grid.
During practice, regular qualifying and Superpole, Kagayama pushed as hard as he could, but was unable to make any significant impact on the charge for the top of the leaderboard, so he faces a tough challenge, but is determined to make a mockery of his lowly grid position and fight all the way to the end.
American Ben Spies (Yamaha) won Superpole today, his ninth Superpole victory of the season. Second quickest was Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) with Max Biaggi (Aprilia) third and Jonathan Rea (Honda) fourth, making it four different manufacturers on the front row for the second day running.
Yukio Kagayama - 13th, 2:00.223:
"My engineers tried some different settings for the mapping and we also tried some different things on the chassis and, in the end, the feeling was better. I had some problems with the traction control today, so it's possible I may not use it tomorrow. I did my best in Superpole this afternoon and although I had no big problems, I was just not able to push the bike any harder because if I had, I would've missed my apexes and maybe had a crash. We will try something different in the warm-up tomorrow morning and see if we can improve the bike. Starting from the fourth row is never easy, but my job is to race and get the best result I can, and that's what I will try my best to do."
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