Laverty edges Crutchlow in first practice
Fri, 02 Oct 2009
PARKALGAR HONDA’S Eugene Laverty finished seventh just in front of his title rival Cal Crutchlow who was ninth in today’s first practice for Sunday’s 13th and penultimate round of the World Supersport Championship at Magny Cours in France.
Parkalgar Honda racer Miguel Praia was 17th and will be looking to improve tomorrow as he goes for another personal best result after finishing ninth last weekend at Imola in Italy. Further practice and qualifying sessions take place tomorrow before the race at 1325CET on Sunday, October 4th – which can be viewed on Eurosport or www.worldsbk.com.
Eugene: “I felt good from the word go and learnt the track quickly. I got a good feeling for the track and could attack it straight away. We know the changes we need to make to our Parkalgar Honda to go faster – what the track needs from our bike. I want a better front end feeling in the slow tight corners where I am losing some time. It’s all good though, we are on the same pace as Cal and I am happy.”
Miguel: “I was slower than expected as I struggled to change direction in the fast corners – that is my main problem. We tried different positions on the bike but I think we will go back to the settings from Imola and start from there. We did some good distance tyre testing which was useful and tomorrow I will go for a faster lap time.”
Simon Buckmaster, Parkalgar Honda Team Manager: “The Championship is now between Eugene and Cal and while we want to win the race it is more important that we beat Cal. The pressure is high and Cal crashed again today. Eugene learnt the track and got steadily faster and was consistent – he’s in a good frame of mind and had a controlled positive session. Miguel disappointed in 17th as we expect him to be higher but we will work with him and he should be inside the top 15 tomorrow.”
Practice
1 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.885
2 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'41.903
3 99 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'42.604
4 1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'42.851
5 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'42.927
6 77 Veneman B. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 1'42.931
7 50 Laverty E. (IRL) PARKALGAR HONDA CBR600RR 1'43.022
8 21 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'43.032
9 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 1'43.138
10 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 1'43.228
17 Praia M. (POR) PARKALGAR HONDA CBR600RR 1'44.438.
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