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Motorland Aragon Qualifying 1, June 17 2011, Sunny and hot weather today in Alcaniz, Spain for the first day of official Superbike practice at the new SBK venue Motorland Aragon. It was a completely new experience for Aitchison while Rolfo had already ridden at Motorland Aragon last year in the Moto2 world championship.
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June 17 2011 - Motorland Aragon Qualifying 1
Sunny and hot weather today in Alcaniz, Spain for the first day of official Superbike practice at the new SBK venue Motorland Aragon. It was a completely new experience for Aitchison while Rolfo had already ridden at Motorland Aragon last year in the Moto2 world championship. During the morning free practice Aitchison got familiar with the new circuit, reaching an excellent fifteenth position (2’01”335). Rolfo (2’02”597), due to a crash near to the end of the session, obtained only the twentieth place. Both riders worked with their teams to adapt their bikes’ set up on the tortuous Spanish circuit. Despite a very hot track temperature (56° on the asphalt), in the afternoon qualifying session Rolfo (2’01”527) improved on his previous best laps time reaching the eighteenth position while Aitchison (2’01”428) confirm his fifteenth position.
Superbike – free practice: 1) Melandri (Yamaha) – 2) Checa (Ducati) – 3) Badovini (BMW) – 4) Camier (Aprilia) ……15) Aitchison (Kawasaki)……..20) Rolfo (Kawasaki)
Superbike – qualifying 1: 1) Melandri (Yamaha) – 2) Checa (Ducati) – 3) Haga (Aprilia) – 4) Camier (Aprilia) …… 15) Aitchison (Kawasaki)……..18) Rolfo (Kawasaki)
Roberto Rolfo: “I’m pretty satisfied with today’s qualifying. After this morning’s crash, I was feeling some pain in the afternoon sessions but this didn’t stop me from improving and I must say that I found good feeling with my bike. This allowed me to complete many laps with interesting lap times. We are still far from the results we would like to achieve
and I am having trouble once the tyres are worn. But today we took a step forward and tomorrow I hope it’s less hot and I’ll try to make the Superpole.”
Mark Aitchison :”Today was our first time on the Aragon circuit and I have enjoyed my time learning this amazing track on my bike. From the first practice I have felt very comfortable on my bike and the lap times were consistent so this gave me confidence during the qualifying. Even with very high temperatures my bike seemed to perform well and I improved my best lap time. Just at the end of the session we had a small problem with the chain so I hope to fix this tomorrow and push hard for the complete session”.
The Pedercini Superstock Team rode the Motorland Aragon for the first time today, completing a positive first day of practice and qualifying, in hot, dry conditions. It’s a brand new track for all the Pedercini riders who are enjoying the circuit and looking forward to a good race weekend. In morning free practice fifteenth place for Bussolotti (2’06”237) and eighteenth position for Staring (2’06”800) while Mercado (2’08”065) was twenty second. With a track temperature of 55°C this afternoon all three Pedercini riders improved on their best lap times and positions set during the morning. Twelfth place for Bussolotti (2’05”019), fifteenth for Staring (2’05”506) and twentieth for Mercado.
Superstock 1000 – free practice: 1) Petrucci (Ducati) – 2) Zanetti (Ducati) – 3) Giugliano (Ducati) – 4) Barrier (BMW) ……. 15) Bussolotti (Kawasaki) …… 18) Staring (Kawasaki) …….. 22) Mercado (Kawasaki)
Superstock 1000 – qualifying 1: 1) Petrucci (Ducati) – 2) Giugliano (Ducati) – 3) Barrier (BMW) – 4) Morais (Honda) ……. 12) Bussolotti (Kawasaki) ….. 15) Staring (Kawasaki) …….. 20) Mercado (Kawasaki)
Marco Bussolotti: “Motorland Aragon is a completely new circuit for me and of course we are still having some problems to solve regarding the setting of the bike; I must adapt my riding style to this new track. I’m not satisfied with twelfth place and tomorrow we will need to concentrate to the max in order to improve race pace. I hope to make a good qualifying session to be able to obtain a good position on the grid.”
Brian Staring: “I‘m doing my best but I don’t know why I cannot find a good lap time. The track is very nice and I got to grips with it quickly. I’m far from the first group of riders and today it was difficult for me to find a good pace also because my bike was sliding a lot. We have to work on the front of the bike to improve the feeling I have with my Ninja because tomorrow I want to find a good rhythm to be able to improve both my pace and my position.”
Leandro “Tati” Mercado: “It’s a new track for me and unfortunately this morning I was forced to end my session after only a few laps because my bike was damaged after making contact with another rider. In afternoon qualifying I started to understand the track but my bike was sliding a lot and I found it difficult to enter the corners fast. We have to work on the bike’s set up and I’m sure tomorrow I’ll improve my position.”
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