Yamaha riders get to grips with Brno in 1st qualifying

QUALIFYING 1 REPORT 09/07/2010 Yamaha riders get to grips with Brno in first qualifying Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland ended the first qualifying session at Brno today satisfied with a good base set up. Despite suffering earlier in the day with a severe lack of grip on the track, the afternoon's qualifying saw both improve their times as they fine tuned the set up. Starting qualifying with a set up that didn't suit the track so well, Crutchlow spent some time in the session waiting in the pit while it was changed. Despite the lack of track time he came out in the dying minutes to take second fastest on the board, less than three tenths off the lead. Team mate James Toseland was also looking comfortable in the session despite suffering from a chest infection. The first 20 minutes saw Toseland lapping comfortably and consistently inside the top four, only dropping to ninth towards the end and finishing just three tenths off fourth. Cal Crutchlow Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (2nd, 1'59.571) "it wasn't too bad today considering we all struggled for grip at the start of the sessions, it came a bit better later on. From my point of view we've got a lot of work to do chassis set up wise. We tried the set up we had in Imola but it didn't work here, so we didn't get many laps in the qualifying session as we were changing the bike. We've gone back to our old base set up and it seems to be working better here. We're struggling for side grip a bit but the lap times towards the end of the fifteen laps I did weren't so bad. We'll see for tomorrow, and I hope Troy Corser is ok and back with us tomorrow." James Toseland James Toseland, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team (9th, 2'00.451) "I'm not feeling very well at the moment, I've got a chest infection so it's been a tough day today. Consistency wise I think we're there and I'm quite pleased with the way the bike has been round the track today. I like the circuit a lot and we seem to be working pretty well. I just hope I'm feeling a bit better tomorrow." Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team "for the first day it was ok today. Pirelli bought some new tyres that we tested in Imola to run here as well. For sure the bike set up for both riders is pretty much there now so the main job we have is to find the right race tyre for both James and Cal. We also need to fix some small details as both riders have some things they want to improve. Overall we are quite satisfied." Circuit Length: 5403 Weather: Hot and Sunny Lap Record: 2'03.747 (Noriyuki Haga, 01/01/2005) Fastest Lap Ever: 1'58.345 (Troy Bayliss, 20/07/2008) Last Years Winner: Ben Spies 2010 WSB Czech Republic - Brno 09/07/2010 Qualifying 1 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Noriyuki Haga Ducati JPN 1'59.277 2 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GBR 1'59.571 3 Michel Fabrizio Ducati ITA 1'59.730 4 Carlos Checa Ducati ESP 2'00.153 5 Max Biaggi Aprilia ITA 2'00.174 6 Ruben Xaus BMW ESP 2'00.273 7 Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 2'00.348 8 Jonathan Rea Honda GBR 2'00.442 9 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 2'00.451 10 Luca Scassa Ducati ITA 2'00.463 11 Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati ITA 2'00.475 12 Troy Corser BMW AUS 2'00.508 13 Shane Byrne Ducati GBR 2'00.534 14 Max Neukirchner Honda GER 2'00.701 15 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki FRA 2'00.739 Yamaha Racing Communications Barentszplein 4B / 1013 NJ Amsterdam / The Netherlands T. +31 (0) 20 625 6539 E. office@yrc.nl W. www.yamaha-racing.com © Copyright Yamaha 2010 | Unsubscribe