Rate this article:
IndyCar Vintage White Logo Tee
100% washed cotton. Features Indy wings and wheel logo printed with special distressed look. Cool vintage tees!
Our Price: $22.00 ($19.80 Member)
Ferrari Red Classic Hat
Ferrari racing shield embroidered on front and Ferrari branding on back adjuster strap with shield embossed metal closure.
Our Price: $29.00 ($26.10 Member)
Formula 1 2009 Calendar
Every month is accompanied by a superb action shot from the 2008 season, with essential information about the sport.
Our Price: $16.95 ($15.26 Member)
Written by:
SPEED Staff
SPEEDtv.com
SPEEDtv.com
05/10/2008 - 01:38 PM
Monza, Italy
Ducati Xerox's Troy Bayliss (Photo: Ducati Corse) ยป More Photos
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) set the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza alight this afternoon with a blistering time in Superpole, the Australian setting a new circuit best lap of 1 minute 44.931 seconds to clinch his third pole position in five races this season. Bayliss managed to improve his Free Practice 2 time on qualifying tires a few minutes before Superpole by 0.008 seconds, leaving all his other rivals trailing. The front row however is also made up of machines from Suzuki, Yamaha, and Honda, as well as Ducati, with Kawasaki not far behind, confirming the competitiveness of all the manufacturers.
Second quickest time went to the rapidly improving Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare), three-tenths of a second behind Bayliss, followed by 2007 double winner Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) and Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda). The Suzuki squad has looked particularly impressive so far here at Monza, with the Belgian team's other two riders Yukio Kagayama and Fonsi Nieto qualifying on row 2 of the grid, together with Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) and Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda).
Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) made progress this afternoon, the Italian qualifying in fifteenth place after the two sessions but moving up to ninth in the one-lap dash, a result that gives him a third row grid start. Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) struggled to twelfth quickest time behind Régis Laconi (Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse) but ahead of Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) in thirteenth.
Troy Bayliss: "It's been a bit of a mixed weekend, we've been struggling a bit with the race tire
Max Neukirchner: "I'm really happy with the second place and I think we found a good race set-up for tomorrow. I did a lot of fast laps today and also yesterday and am happy that the mechanics did a good job, hopefully we are in front tomorrow. It's great to be up at the front with the other guys regularly in World Superbike, and now I feel really good in the team. I know it's only a second place I did, I made one little mistake in Superpole, but am really satisfied with today's performance."
Noriyuki Haga: "I am very happy for the time but am a bit disappointed because I could not improve last year's lap time, but that's OK. I get the first row and I think it's going to be a tough race and I try to do my best. I'm not sure how things will be tomorrow, especially on this track, I cannot think about race distance or even tactics, but we have 18 laps and anything can happen."
Page 1 of 2
View All Comments
