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BMW Motorrad Motorsport – Superbike World Championship – Magny-Cours, France – Superpole.
Mon Oct 05 11:40:00 CEST 2009 Press Release
So close for Troy. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider Troy Corser got tantalisingly close to a place on the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s pair of 23-lap races at Magny-Cours, but missed out because of the Superpole tyre rule. He had used both of his qualifying tyres in Superpoles 1 and 2, to make sure of getting into Superpole 3, and then did not have one available for the final Superpole. But he and the team are happy that, once again, a second row grid spot has been obtained and are now looking forward to tomorrow.
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Munich. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider Troy
Corser got tantalisingly close to a place on the front row of the grid
for tomorrow’s pair of 23-lap races at Magny-Cours, but missed
out because of the Superpole tyre rule. He had used both of his
qualifying tyres in Superpoles 1 and 2, to make sure of getting into
Superpole 3, and then did not have one available for the final
Superpole. But he and the team are happy that, once again, a second
row grid spot has been obtained and are now looking forward to
tomorrow.
Ruben continued to defy the pain barrier today and
achieved his first goal of qualifying for Superpole. He then surprised
everybody by qualifying for Superpole 2, but lack of race fitness
probably accounted for the fact that he could proceed any
further.
Ben Spies (Yamaha) once again won Superpole - his tenth
of the season - with Jonathan Rea (Honda) second, Michel Fabrizio
(Ducati) and Biaggi (Aprilia) fourth.
Troy - 8th, 1:39.114
Today went pretty well generally and I think we’ve got a
pretty good race set-up and know which tyres we’ll use for the
race. When our bike gets more grip - like when we put on qualifying
tyres - it behaves a bit differently, so that’s always something
to consider. The bike was spinning a bit this afternoon, so
we’ll sit down and look at the telemetry and see if we can find
out what the problem is and what to do about it. If I had been able to
have a qualifier in final Superpole session, I think I might have got
on the front row of the grid, but row two is OK and I normally make
good starts, so I am not too bothered. Because of a red flag we lost
fifteen minutes of the afternoon session and for us, that was valuable
time lost. But we’re in pretty good shape and I’m hoping
that it all works out well tomorrow.
Brembo have worked very hard
since last week and I now have no complaints at all about the brakes -
in fact they are probably the best they’ve ever been.
Ruben - 15th, 1:39.444
I am happy that I managed to qualify for Superpole and I’m
happy that I also got into Superpole 2. On another day and with better
physical condition, who knows what might have happened and I might
have got on to the second row of the grid! This track has many
right-handers and they, and the hairpins, are killing me. Being here
for the first time on a four cylinder bike doesn’t help either,
so I think I should be satisfied with what I did today. I need to find
about half a second and then I think I’ll be able to have a good
race for sure. I had a bit of a moment this afternoon when a gust of
wind forced my hand off the handlebars and I had to go straight on at
the final chicane. I would like to congratulate Troy for his good work
and fast laps today and I would like to thank my team for the great
job they did.
Berti Hauser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director)
Once again Troy showed what he can do with this bike and
it’s just a shame that he just couldn’t manage to get on
the front row. Tomorrow will be interesting for sure and we are all
hoping that he gets good results. Ruben shouldn’t really be
racing yet and it is difficult to know how much pain he is in. But at
least we have our doctor with us today and tomorrow and so he will get
the best possible treatment. This track doesn’t really suit our
bike at present, but I’m sure that both Troy and Ruben will do
the very best they can and hopefully our results will reflect that.
Final qualifying
1 Spies (USA-Yamaha) 1:37.709, 2 Rea (GBR-Honda) 1:38.191, 3
Fabrizio (ITA-Ducati) 1:38.196, 4 Biaggi (ITA-Aprilia) 1:38.235, 5
Haga (JPN-Ducati) 1:38.365, 6 Haslam (GBR-Honda) 1:38.625, 8
Troy Corser (AUS-BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 1:39.114, 15 Ruben Xaus
(ESP-BMW Motorrad Motorsport)