[Ducati] Vallelunga Superpole results ***SPOILER***

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Superpole 

BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) BLASTS TO HIS SIXTH  SUPERPOLE OF THE YEAR AND HIS 
18TH ALL-TIME AT VALLELUNGA 

Vallelunga (Italy), Saturday 29 September : Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox)  
became the only rider to set a sub-1m36s lap this weekend at Vallelunga as he  
powered to a sixth Superpole of the year. The two-times World Superbike champion  
will start tomorrow's two races of the penultimate round of the championship  
ahead of his fellow Aussie Troy Corser (Yamaha), Ruben Xaus (Ducati 
Sterilgarda)  and Max Biaggi (Suzuki). Ducati Xerox team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi also put in 
a good  performance and lines up in sixth place on row 2 behind Noriyuki Haga 
 (Yamaha) 
"It's been quite an up-and-down weekend for me so far" declared Troy. "To  
have three crashes is not ideal, but sometimes you learn something from the  
crashes. One we were playing with the setting of the bike by lowering it and we  
lost ground clearance; another I bottomed out the forks and the third I was on 
a  hard tyre. I was pretty happy with my Superpole lap, but I was a bit 
worried  when I saw Troy had done a flat 36, he's taken a lot of Superpoles over 
the  years and to come out on top you have to do a really good job against him.  
However I'm happy, I'm on the front row and we'll see how things go  
tomorrow." 
"Considering I've hardly ever tested on this track, I can say that my result  
is not bad" commented Lorenzo. "I'm satisfied, the bike is going really well 
and  I'm pleased with the race set-up, which is the most important thing. I 
really  want to finish off the season in a good way, because it's been a bit of 
an  uphill struggle. I did a long-run of almost 20 laps, setting some good 
times. I  like the track, the first part is really quick and for the race 
tomorrow I'm  sure I can get a good result, even though 25 laps are really long." 
Starting Grid: 1. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 1m35.890s; 2. Corser (Yamaha)  
1m36.016s; 3. Xaus (Ducati) 1m36.737s; 4. Biaggi (Suzuki) 1m36.925s; 5. Haga  
(Yamaha) 1m36.996s; 6. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 1m37.428s; 7. Fabrizio (Honda)  
1m37.430s; 8. Toseland (Honda) 1m37.371s; 9. Rolfo (Honda) 1m37.589s; 10.  Nakatomi 
(Yamaha) 1m37.775s: 
TV Coverage Europe: Eurosport 2 - Sunday 1030 Superstock 1000 (live), 1430  
Superbike race 1 (delayed), 1530 Superbike race 2 (live). TV Coverage Italy: 
La7  - Sunday 1135 race 1 (live), 1520 Superbike race 2 (live). 1730 RaiDue - 
races 1  + 2 (highlights).




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