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

WSS '10 Round 1 | Phillip Island, day 1

Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing kicked off the season with two practice sessions which determined the provisional starting grid of round 1 of World Supersport. The team did improve considerably compared to this week's testing as Chaz Davies set the sixth fastest time, just three tenths behind the pole position. Sebastien Charpentier finished ninth and adapted the bike to his riding style while Jason Di Salvo found a better feeling with the track improving his position compared to the test. The only bad piece of news was a banal failure of communication between the Spanish and international Federations due to an erroneus license number which prevented David Salom from racing today.

The bike livery that the "Four Musketeers" will be racing on this season was also unveiled on this occasion.

CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 6th in 1'34.939: "I improved my performance by over half a second compared to the test in the third section but I can do better. We're trying to get more grip in that section of the track and hopefully finish in row one".

SEBASTIEN CHARPENTIER | Triumph Daytona 675 | 9th in 1'36.039: "I tried out different cycle part solutions today as well. I'm starting to know the bike better. I think I'm on the right path and I'm confident I can further improve tomorrow".

JASON DI SALVO | Triumph Daytona 675 | 10th in 1'36.208: "I did very well in the first lap right away and finished seventh. We then tried to push a little bit more but that setup solution didn't help us improve although we made a tremendous amount of progress since the test. My goal for tomorrow is to get a better starting position".
 
Free Practice 1st Session:
 
1  26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'34.629
2  50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'34.634
3  54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'34.683
4  37 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'34.783
5  51 Pirro M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'34.918
6   7 Davies C. (GBR) Triumph Daytona 675 1'34.939
7  99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'35.233
8 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'35.762
9  16 Charpentier S. (FRA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.039
10  40 DiSalvo J. (USA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'36.208
11 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.295
12  55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.345
13   4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.015
14   5 Lundh A. (SWE) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.608
15   9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.402

Event Schedule:

TIMING (GMT+11)
 
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 (21 LAPS KM. 93.345)