With the Yamaha World Supersport Team out of this weekend's race, it fell to other Yamaha-shod teams to try and gain the best qualifying today for the manufacturer. Both Curtain and Parkes suffered broken collar bones in yesterday's free practice resulting in a premature end to the factory-supported team's weekend.
David Checa, of the Yamaha GMT Team, is the highest placed Yamaha rider in ninth place on tomorrow's grid. The younger brother of MotoGP star Carlos is contesting his second year in the World Supersport Championship, having finished overall in 11th position in 2006. His team mate, Sébastien Gimbert will start tomorrow's race in 10th position, having qualified just over half a second behind Checa.
Massimo Roccoli, the sole rider for the Yamaha Motor Italia Lorenzini by Leoni Team, had a very disappointing qualifying after crashing both his main and spare machines. Although he was third fastest in this morning's free practice he could only manage a qualifying position of 20th in the afternoon session.
Despite having had such a successful day in yesterday's qualifying in fairly wet conditions, Arnaud Vincent starts tomorrow in 28th position. Although he improved his time by over three seconds today, the overall pace was much faster.
Pere Riba (Kawasaki) is in pole position for tomorrow with a best time of 1'34.066, with Simone Sanna (Honda) in second and Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) in third. The front row is completed by Dutchman Barry Veneman (Suzuki).
Massimo Roccoli (20th - 1'35.944 - Yamaha Motor Italia Lorenzini by Leoni)"I crashed after a few minutes at the start of the practice because I touched the kerb at the last corner (Goddards). It was my mistake. I returned to the garage and took the second bike but I crashed again in the slower section of the track, where I lost the front. I don't know why that happened, but I am okay I have a good set up for the race after we made changes today to front and I am confident for tomorrow."
In the table on the bottom of the page, the Friday Qualifying-I results are mentioned.
Qualifying 2 results: 1. Riba P -Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'34.066
2. Sanna S - Honda 1'34.195
3. Sofuoglu K - Honda 1'34.382
4. Veneman B - Suzuki 1'34.470
5. Tiberio Y - Honda 1'34.609
6. Alfonsi L - Honda 1'34.670
7. Foret F - Kawasaki 1'34.737
8. Fujiwara K - Honda 1'34.953
9. Checa D - Yamaha 1'34.959
10. Gimbert S - Yamaha 1'35.038
11. Harms R - Honda 1'35.165
12. Nannelli G - Ducati 1'35.220
13. Lagrive M - Honda 1'35.282
14. Giugliano D - Kawasaki 1'35.327
15. Vizziello G - Yamaha 1'35.433
16. Lascorz J - Honda 1'35.657
17. Salom D - Yamaha 1'35.679
18. Fores J - Honda 1'35.704
19. Jones C - Honda 1'35.706
20. Roccoli M- Yamaha 1'35.944
21. Boccolini G - Kawasaki 1'35.950
22. Ivanov V - Yamaha 1'36.050
23. Talmacsi G - Yamaha 1'36.148
24. Kallio V - Suzuki 1'36.172
25. Peris C - Yamaha 1'36.316
26. Velini A - Yamaha 1'36.701
27. Leblanc G - Honda 1'36.862
28. Vincent A - Yamaha 1'37.128
29. Lauslehto T - Honda 1'37.249
30. Günther J - Honda 1'37.336
31. Praia M - Honda 1'37.442
32. Polzer Y - Ducati 1'38.358
33. Milovanovic N - Honda 1'38.392
34. Forner D - Yamaha 1'38.882
Circuit Length: 4023
Temp: 12
Weather: Dry
Qualifying 2 - WSS Donington Park 31/03/2007:1. Matthieu Lagrive - Honda - FRA 1'40.239
2. Davide Giugliano - Kawasaki - ITA 1'41.208
3. Kenan Sofuoglu - Honda - TUR 1'41.621
4. Arnaud Vincent - Yamaha - FRA 1'41.639
5. Craig Jones - Honda - GBR 1'42.465
6. Pere Riba - Kawasaki - ESP 1'42.539
7. Massimo Roccoli - Yamaha - ITA 1'42.556
8. Vesa Kallio - Suzuki - FIN 1'42.967
9. Gianluca Nannelli - Ducati - ITA 1'42.989
10. Lorenzo Alfonsi - Honda - ITA 1'43.004
11. Simone Sanna - Honda - ITA 1'43.040
12. Sebastien Gimbert - Yamaha - FRA 1'43.171
13. David Checa - Yamaha - ESP 1'43.916
14. Chris Peris - Yamaha - CAN 1'44.016
15. Barry Veneman - Suzuki - NED 1'44.114
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