Triumph - WSS '10 Round 11 | Nurburgring, Day 1

David Salom - Triumph

Spaniard David Salom set the second fastest time to score a very good result in the opening day of the Supersport round held at Nurburgring, establishing himself as one of the possible contenders for the race. Despite the good performance, Salom is convinced he can improve and is confident for tomorrow. Frenchman Matthieu Lagrive put in a positive performance to post the ninth quickest time of the day and expectations are high for him as well. On the other hand, Chaz Davies was slowed down by a crash without consequences, but was able to finish eleventh at his debut on the German track, while Iannuzzo focused on finding a good setup which should enable him to find a good feeling with the bike in qualifying tomorrow.

DAVID SALOM | Triumph Daytona 675 | 2nd in 1'59.277 : "Everything went smoothly today, but I still have to change the way I approach the last section of the track, where I lose all the time to Sofuoglu. I'm confident I can do just as well tomorrow, when I'll try to be more effective in the last few corners".

MATTHIEU LAGRIVE | Triumph Daytona 675 | 9th in 2'00.535 : "I posted a good time, but I'm not satisfied with the setup yet. I think I can do much better when I have full confidence on the setup. We're on the right path nonetheless and hopefully will qualify in the first two rows".

CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 11th in 2'01.073 : "It's my first time at Nurburgring, so I focused on learning the track and on finding a good base setup. By the end of the session we didn't make the right choice for the fork and so we must make a big step forward tomorrow".

VITTORIO IANNUZZO | Triumph Daytona 675 | 15th in 2'01.598 : "I approached practice in a different way and managed to do a pretty good job. However, I still have some issues on the back end when exiting the corner and have to work on which trajectory to take in the first corner. My goal is to do well in warm up and get a good starting position in qualifying practice”.

Qualifying 1st Session:

1 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'59.276
2 25 Salom D. (ESP) Triumph Daytona 675 1'59.277
3 4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'59.807
4 37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'59.818
5 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'59.964
6 99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'00.104
7 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'00.275
8 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.423
9 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675 2'00.535
10 18 Aitchison M. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 2'00.538
11 7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 2'01.073
12 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 2'01.102
13 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 2'01.266
14 44 Tamburini R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 2'01.589
15 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 2'01.598

Event Schedule:

Saturday
09.45-10.30 45' W SUPERSPORT FREE PRACTICE
16.05-16.50 45' W SUPERSPORT QUALIFYING PRACTICE

Sunday

09.50-10.10 20' W SUPERSPORT WARM UP
13.30 W SUPERSPORT RACE (19 LAPS KM. 97.603)

Broadcast Schedule:

BRITISH EUROSPORT

Sunday 05 September 2010 Superbike Race 2, Supersport 12:25 - 15:30 LIVE

Eurosport 2
Sunday 05 September 2010 Supersport 13:00 - 14:00 LIVE