[Ducati] BAYLISS HEADS THE TIMESHEETS FOR DUCATI XEROX IN FIRST QUALIFYING AT EUROSPEEDWA

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FROM DUCATI CORSE:
 
 
Friday Sep 7 2007 
Qualifying  

BAYLISS HEADS THE TIMESHEETS FOR DUCATI XEROX IN FIRST QUALIFYING AT  
EUROSPEEDWAY 
Lausitz (Germany), Friday 7 September : Troy Bayliss  topped the qualifying 
timesheets for the Ducati Xerox Team at the end of the  first session at the 
Eurospeedway Lausitz in Germany. The Australian, who set a  time of 1m38.569s, 
was a couple of tenths quicker than his fellow Australian,  Troy Corser 
(Yamaha) and four-tenths ahead of the Japanese duo of Yukio Kagayama  (Suzuki) and 
Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha). Bayliss's team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi was in  tenth position 
but just one second away from the provisional pole mark.
"It's a pretty good start to the weekend" said Troy. "I'm feeling quite  
comfortable on the bike and basically we've just been putting some laps on the  
tyres to see how it looks. We've more or less done race distance at the moment  
and everything's looking fine. I was quite consistent but we want to try and  
improve a little bit tomorrow and see how it goes and we're hoping for some 
good  weather of course. Compared to last year I think the track is a bit 
bumpier and  it's actually slightly slower because at the first corner the guys here 
have  stuck down 'witches hats' with tar so you don't cut the corner like we 
used to.  This morning we used the same front and rear for the whole session 
and this  afternoon we did exactly the same right until the end when we just 
put another  fresh race tyre in to set the quickest time". 
"All the guys in front of me set their time with a softer front tyre"  
commented Lorenzo. "Instead I only did the session with race tyres and I'm  really 
pleased. Unfortunately in the last few minutes there was a lot of traffic  on 
the track and I was unable to improve my time. Even though I am just one  
second away from Troy, I have already lapped quicker than last year despite the  
traffic on the track and my choice of tyre. I've still got a few more things to  
try, but I've found a set-up that I like and I only hope that tomorrow and  
Sunday it's not going to rain!" 
Times: 1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m38.569s; 2. Corser (Yamaha) 1m38.780s; 3.  
Kagayama (Suzuki) 1m38.980s; 4. Haga (Yamaha) 1m39.011s; 5. Toseland (Honda)  
1m39.086s; 6. Xaus (Ducati) 1m39.127s; 7. Biaggi (Suzuki) 1m39.433s; 8. 
Fabrizio  (Honda) 1m39.487s; 9. Muggeridge (Honda) 1m39.525s; 10. Lanzi (Ducati 
Xerox)  1m39.639s. 
TV Coverage Europe: Eurosport - Sunday 1200 Superbike Race 1 (live).  
Eurosport 2 - Saturday 2130 Superpole (delayed), Sunday 1130 Superstock 1000  
(delayed), 2130 Superbike Race 2 (delayed). TV Coverage Italy: La7 - Saturday  1550 
Superpole (live), Sunday 1150 Race 1 (live), 1630 Race 2 (delayed). RaiDue  - 
Races 1 + 2 (highlights).



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