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Valencia: second day - qualifications, April 08 2010, Second day of qualifying for Pedercini team at Ricardo Tormo Valencia circuit. Superpole qualification eluded both Pedercini team riders for only few tenths of a second.
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April 08 2010 - Valencia: second day - qualifications
Second day of qualifying for Pedercini team at Ricardo Tormo Valencia circuit. Superpole qualification eluded both Pedercini team riders for only few tenths of a second. At the end of the qualifying session Matteo Baiocco (1’36”104) reached the twenty first position while teammate Hayden (1’36”117) followed in twenty second place. In afternoon free practice both riders were able to work on their bike setting. Hayden (1’36”912) reached the twentieth position and Baiocco (1’37”213) ended the free session in twenty fourth place. They’ll both start from the sixth row in tomorrow’s 23-lap races.
Superstock rider Danilo Petrucci was very unlucky today. In morning free practice he crashed after only few laps. He damaged his Kawasaki and as a consequence he was forced to end the session. Leeson (1’39”995) continued to work with his technical staff to find the right set up for his bike, ending in eighteenth position. In afternoon qualifying session Petrucci (1’38”509) had some technical problems which prevented him from getting a good position on the starting grid. The Italian rider finished only in seventeenth position.
Fifth row for him in tomorrow morning 13-lap race. Chris Leeson (1’39”663) improved his best lap time but he obtained only the twenty third place and tomorrow he’ll lined up from the sixth row of the grid.
Superbike qualifying 2 : 1) Biaggi (Aprilia) – 2) Checa (Ducati) – 3) Smrz (Ducati) – 4) Byrne Ducati) – 5) Haslam (Suzuki)……………21) Baiocco (Kawasaki) - 22) Hayden (Kawasaki)
Superpole : 1) Crutchlow (Yamaha)- 2) Checa (Ducati) – 3) Biaggi (Aprilia) – 4) Haslam (Suzuki) – 5) Corser (BMW)……….. 21) Baiocco (Kawasaki) - 22) Hayden (Kawasaki)
Roger Lee Hayden : “In morning qualifying session we made some changes to the bike and I improved a lot my best lap time. Unfortunately I missed the Superpole for only few tenths. In afternoon free practice we continued to work on the bike, finding some good improvements and so I’m confident for tomorrow races. I know this track changes a lot with the temperature and tomorrow I hope the set up we found today will works in both morning and afternoon races. I will try to ride aggressively from the sixth row and go for the best result possible”.
Matteo Baiocco : “I’m really disappointed because I was not able to enter the Superpole for only few tenths of a second as it was an attainable goal for me. I suffered for some small technical problems and I was not able to take advantage from the qualifying tires. I am committed to working my hardest to continue improving and get the bike to where we need it to be. Tomorrow I will be trying absolutely my best for the races although I expect it to be very tough”.
Superstock 1000 qualifying 2 : 1) Badovini (BMW) – 2) Antonelli (Honda) – 3) Berger (Honda) – 4) Giugliano (Suzuki) – 5) Baz (Yamaha)……17) Petrucci (Kawasaki)……….23) Leeson (Kawasaki)
Chris Lesson : “This morning we tested some different set up but we did not find the one we need for my Kawasaki. In the afternoon we tried a lot of different thing and I was a little confused and I preferred to return to the old setting. We spoke with our suspension technician and for tomorrow he’ll give us some different shock absorber that we’ll test during the warm up. I’m not happy with my starting position but I will try to start quickly from the sixth row to reach the best result possible. I want to thank all the team. They have worked really hard all weekend."
Danilo Petrucci : “Two difficult test days for me here in Valencia. We’ve work hard over this two days but we haven’t yet managed to resolve our problems. This morning I crashed in one of my first laps, losing completely the free session. This afternoon we worked a lot on suspension to find a solution for our setting problems in view of tomorrow races but I still have some problems inside the curve because of a lack of traction. Probably I still have to adapt my riding style to my Kawasaki ZX 10R as last year I used a 600 cc. We’ll try to make a better race setting also tomorrow in warm-up, to give me better feedback. I’ll be starting from the sixth row and it won’t be easy but I’ll try to do my best and I hope to reach some good points”.
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