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Trevitt’s Blog: What’s a Qualifying Tire Worth?

Andrew Trevitt — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:23:50 +0000

At the final rounds of this year's Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship series, held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Dunlop offered qualifying tires to the top 10 riders for a separate, 15-minute final qualifying session. This was new for many of the competitors, as qualifying tires have not been used in the series for several years. Jeff Williams was one of the riders in the top-10 session, and I was able to get some data from the Accelerated Technologies Honda CBR1000RR that he was riding for the weekend.

Jorge Lorenzo smashes lap record on his way to pole, Rossi 12th after crash in Q2

Graeme Jones — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 22:10:04 +0000

Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo took the upper hand in the epic 2015 MotoGP™ World Championship battle against his teammate and title rival Valentino Rossi after claiming his fifth pole position of the season. The Mallorcan set the fastest ever MotoGP™ lap around the Comunitat Valenciana – Ricardo Tormo in near perfect conditions (Track temp. 30˚C), […]

Eugene Laverty leads the way on Friday at Aragon

Graeme Jones — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:40:16 +0000

A close battle characterised the first qualifying session for the eni FIM Superbike World Championship at MotorLand Aragon, and saw Irishman Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) topping the timesheets with a 1’58.548 set with few minutes to go.

Fabrizio tops first WSBK Qualfying session of 2013

Graeme Jones — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:07:08 +0000

Phillip Island (Australia), Friday 22 February 2013 – A close battled Qualifying 1 put an end to the first World Superbike day of 2013. The session was held under the clear skies of Phillip Island, with perfect temperatures and average winds blowing inland. Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma Aprilia), after being the fastest rider of Free Practice 1, topped once again the timesheets thanks to a 1’31.317 lap-time, ahead of works Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty.

Qualifying Round One: Checa On Top as Brett Moves Up at Nürburgring

Graeme Jones — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:42:56 +0000

Brett McCormick continued his education at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany this afternoon, placing his Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R 22^ndoverall in the opening qualifying session for Sunday’s eni Superbike World Championship doubleheader. McCormick carved more than a second and a half from his previous best lap in his second ever session at the ‘ring. The 2011 Canadian Superbike champ turned 14 laps of the long venue to record a best time of 1:59.712.

McCormick Falls, But Makes Assen SuperPole

IM Admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:52:27 +0000

Saturday morning's second and final qualifying round of the eni Superbike World Championship race at Assen was a good news/bad news outing for reigning Canadian Superbike champ Brett McCormick of Saskatchewan.

The good news is that thanks to a strong performance yesterday afternoon during the few dry minutes of qualifying, McCormick has made it into SuperPole this afternoon aboard the Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R – a terrific achievement in just his second career World Superbike outing.