qualifying Archives | Inside Motorcycles Magazine https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/tag/qualifying/ Canada’s Source for Motorcycle News Since 1998 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:23:50 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png qualifying Archives | Inside Motorcycles Magazine https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/tag/qualifying/ 32 32 Trevitt’s Blog: What’s a Qualifying Tire Worth? https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/trevitt-s-blog-what-s-a-qualifying-tire-worth/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/trevitt-s-blog-what-s-a-qualifying-tire-worth/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:23:50 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/trevitt-s-blog-what-s-a-qualifying-tire-worth/ 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.

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Jorge Lorenzo smashes lap record on his way to pole, Rossi 12th after crash in Q2 https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/jorge-lorenzo-smashed-the-lap-record-on-his-way-to-pole-rossi-12th-after-crash-in-q2/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/jorge-lorenzo-smashed-the-lap-record-on-his-way-to-pole-rossi-12th-after-crash-in-q2/#respond Sat, 07 Nov 2015 22:10:04 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/jorge-lorenzo-smashed-the-lap-record-on-his-way-to-pole-rossi-12th-after-crash-in-q2/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/jorge-lorenzo-smashed-the-lap-record-on-his-way-to-pole-rossi-12th-after-crash-in-q2/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy MotoGP.com Eugene Laverty leads the way on Friday at Aragon https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/eugene-laverty-leads-the-way-on-friday-at-aragon/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/eugene-laverty-leads-the-way-on-friday-at-aragon/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:40:16 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/eugene-laverty-leads-the-way-on-friday-at-aragon/ 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.

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Fabrizio tops first WSBK Qualfying session of 2013 https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/fabrizio-tops-first-wsbk-qualfying-session-of-2013/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/fabrizio-tops-first-wsbk-qualfying-session-of-2013/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:07:08 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/fabrizio-tops-first-wsbk-qualfying-session-of-2013/ 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.

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Qualifying Round One: Checa On Top as Brett Moves Up at Nürburgring https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/qualifying-round-one-checa-on-top-as-brett-moves-up-at-nurburgring/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/qualifying-round-one-checa-on-top-as-brett-moves-up-at-nurburgring/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:42:56 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/qualifying-round-one-checa-on-top-as-brett-moves-up-at-nurburgring/ 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.]]> https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/qualifying-round-one-checa-on-top-as-brett-moves-up-at-nurburgring/feed/ 0 Photos by Colin Fraser/InsideMotorcycles.com McCormick Falls, But Makes Assen SuperPole https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/mccormick-falls-still-makes-assen-superpole/ https://www.insidemotorcycles.com/mccormick-falls-still-makes-assen-superpole/#respond Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:52:27 +0000 https://dev.insidemotorcycles.com/mccormick-falls-still-makes-assen-superpole/ 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.

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