Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Kousuke Akiyoshi took his first pole position of the season today for the second-round All Japan Superbike Championship round at Suzuka tomorrow. Akiyoshi set his fastest time of 2:23.233 in the final qualifying session under wet and misty conditions as team mate Atsushi Watanabe recorded the third fastest time of the day with 2:25.199.
Said Akiyoshi: “Today we were in very difficult conditions because the rain got heavier but I found a good wet set-up. Thank you to my team staff for doing such a good job.”
Said Watanabe: “I made small crash yesterday so I'm happy with this result. The Bridgestone tyres feel good in the wet and dry, but I hope tomorrow is fine weather.”
Final Qualifying: 1:Kousuke Akiyoshi(Yoshimura-suzuki),
2:Takeshi Tsujimura(Tsr-honda),
3:Atsushi Watanabe(Yoshimura-suzuki),
4:Yoshiteru Konishi(Honda),
5:Chojun Kameya(Honda),
6:Kazuki Tokudome(Honda),
7:Shin-ichi Ito(Honda),
8:Osamu Deguchi(Honda),
9:Akira Yanagawa(Kawasaki),
10:Tatsuya Yamaguchi(Honda).
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