HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Supersport rider Andrew Pitt concluded the second day of qualifying for the German round of the Superbike World Championship on fourth place. The Australian rider was well on the pace throughout the second qualifying session and maintained his front row start. Pitt finished the day in a best of 2'00.727, 0.712s behind pole sitter Broc Parkes.
Team mate Jonathan Rea dropped down to 13th place on the grid after issues with the electronics of his CBR600RR halted his plans to improve the time set in the first day of qualifying. He finished the day in a best time of 2'01.281.
Andrew Pitt: “I am happy to be on the front row, that makes it a lot easier for tomorrow’s race. I think I could have gone a bit faster, I just didn’t put all the good bits together on my last lap.”
“We have the pace and the race pace consistency. We are as quick as anyone over the race distance so we have to put in a good shot tomorrow and have to go for the win.”
Jonathan Rea: “Everything was going fine until I went out on my last tyre. I was getting more familiarised with the track. Then I went out on the new tyre and something went wrong with the machine. I started having problems with the gearbox and started to drop down.”
“It’s a bad situation for me starting from fourth row. It’s going to be an uphill race for me tomorrow. The set up of the machine is good so I will be pushing every lap to come forward and hopefully end on the podium.”
Results QP2:1, B. Parkes 2'00.015
2, C. Jones 2'00.473
3, J. Brookes 2'00.669
4, A. Pitt 2’00.72713, J. Rea 2'01.281
