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07/18/2008 - 01:05 PM
Brno, Czech Republic
Gunadalini Ducati's Jakub Smrz (Photo: Team Guandalini) ยป More Photos
Jakub Smrz powered his privateer Guandalini Ducati 1098 to the top slot on the first day of Superbike qualifying at his home circuit of Brno as twin-cylinder Italian machines filled seven of the top 10 places.
The 25 year-old Czech rider lowered the previous circuit best lap by almost half-a-second to end up with a time of 1 minute 59.125 seconds, almost five-tenths quicker than Noriyuki Haga's benchmark set last year on a Yamaha.
The first of the four-cylinder machines was Troy Corser's Yamaha Motor Italia WSB R1, the Australian holding up well to the twin-cylinder opposition in second slot, three-tenths of a second down on Smrz. The provisional front row was completed by two more potential candidates for the win on Sunday, Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati).
A good performance was also produced by Lorenzo Lanzi (RG Ducati) in fifth, the Italian getting the better of Spain's Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki Alstare), who was the only other rider to dip under 2 minutes, and Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox), who crashed in the morning session. The Ducati factory man was a fraction ahead of his wild-card team-mate Niccolò Canepa, who is making his World Superbike debut, while Max
Down in tenth place was Misano winner, Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati), while Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) is yet to get dialed in to the Brno weekend and the Japanese rider is currently languishing in the 12th slot. Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) was even further off the pace, the Spaniard down in 15th, one place behind his brother David (Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94).
Times: 1. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'59.125; 2. Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1'59.493; 3. Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1'59.517; 4. Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'59.747; 5. Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1'59.850; 6. Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'59.926; 7. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 2'00.024; 8. Canepa N. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 2'00.131; 9. Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'00.179; 10. Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 2'00.196; 11. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'00.361; 12. Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'00.371; 13. Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 2'00.384; 14. Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'00.388; 15. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 2'00.424; 16. Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'00.482.
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