Gregorio Lavilla will start round 2 of the Bennetts British Superbike championship tomorrow from 2nd on the grid, with Leon Haslam on the 3rd row in 10th. At an un-seasonally hot Thruxton circuit Greg was feeling at home in the Mediterranean weather. Having clocked the second fastest time in this morning’s final practice the Spaniard was confident ahead of the 50 minute qualifying session. Leon Haslam finished morning practice in 5th having completed a substantial 30 laps.
Qualifying started well for the Airwaves Ducati team with both riders lapping consistently. Having completed 22 laps Greg recorded his fastest time of the day, 1:14.488, resulting in 2nd place on the grid. Leon then clocked a time of 1:15.236, his fastest time of the weekend thus far, putting him in 10th position.
After a sun-drenched qualifying session Leon was upbeat about his result saying, “Obviously I have not done as well as I had hoped today but I am still happy that I have completed a lot of laps and worked on a number of things with the bike. It was a difficult qualifying session but I’m not worried about starting from the 3rd row; I like this track and I am confident that if it all goes to plan I can still achieve a good result here tomorrow.”
Gregorio Lavilla, championship leader, is confident for the race having secured his 16th front row start since joining the GSE Racing team. “I am happy with my result, it was my goal to get on the front row and I have achieved that so I am pleased. I gambled with my tyres today, as I did not use any qualifying tyres this afternoon. I wanted to concentrate on finding the best tyre for the races tomorrow which I knew could make getting a good qualifying position difficult, but I have still come away with a 2nd position which is great. I started from 2nd on the grid at Brands Hatch and I won both races so hopefully the same thing will happen tomorrow!”
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