[Ducati] BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) SECOND QUICKEST AS TWO TROYS SET THE PACE IN VALLELUNGA F

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FROM DUCATI CORSE:
 
Friday Sep 28 2007 
Qualifying  

BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) SECOND QUICKEST AS TWO TROYS SET THE PACE IN  
VALLELUNGA FIRST QUALIFYING 


Vallelunga (Italy), Friday 28 September : Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) posted  
the second quickest time at Vallelunga today as he and his fellow Australian  
Troy Corser (Yamaha) set the pace in the opening qualifying session. Corser 
was  slightly quicker than Bayliss in both the morning's free practice session 
and  the afternoon qualifier, but there wasn't much between them at the end. 
Noriyuki  Haga (Yamaha) and Max Biaggi (Suzuki) made up the provisional front 
row of the  grid. 
"It was a pretty good session" declared Troy. "Even though we tested here  
only a week or so ago, we did most time on the new bike and it was slow going.  
Today we tried one thing on the bike and it seemed to work quite well. I did  
have one little crash just over the back in the slow right-hander. I think it  
was more me just pushing hard on maximum angle and I lost the front. I went a 
 little bit more up the inside than I normally go and there's a bit of a 
bump, so  I'm going to stay away from there! We tried a softer race tyre at the 
end, that  didn't work at all, then a harder tyre in, the same as the one we 
used during  the session and I did my best time after ten laps. Even though we 
have to work a  bit on the front setting tomorrow, overall I'm quite happy with 
the way things  are going." 
"We tried a lot of different things today and at the end I put on the wider  
tyre but I didn't like it and I was unable to improve" commented Lorenzo. "I 
did  my best time with a 190 tyre that had done eight laps, so I feel sure that 
if I  put on the same tyre but a new one I could improve some more and get 
down to a  low 1m38. But I didn't want to waste a tyre for tomorrow because I 
didn't think  I could complete the lap in time. I like the track, finally I've 
come to  Vallelunga in perfect physical condition. In the winter I was sick and 
then I  was injured for the test so today for me it's really the first time I 
can push  hard on this track. There's still room to improve but I feel 
confident, also  with my race pace, and we'll see tomorrow." 
Times: 1. Corser (Yamaha) 1m37.537s; 2. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m37.578s; 3.  
Haga (Yamaha) 1m37.951s; 4. Biaggi (Suzuki) 1m37.962s; 5. Toseland (Honda)  
1m38.111s; 6. Rolfo (Honda) 1m38.279s; 7. Fabrizio (Honda) 1m38.310s; 8. Laconi 
 (Kawasaki) 1m38.486s; 9. Nakatomi (Yamaha) 1m38.573s; 10. Xaus (Ducati)  
1m38.659s: 
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