2010 World Superbike Championship - Round 10 Silverstone (UK) - Saturday, 31st July 2010 Final Qualifying Circuit: 5.900 kms Conditions: Mostly cloudy, temperature 24 - 25°C (air), 26 - 29°C (track)

SECOND ROW FOR TROY

Troy once again easily managed to get into Superpole 3, but a problem with his qualifying tyre prevented him from taking a place on the front row of the grid. His qualifying tyre in Superpole 3 didn’t work as well as his qualifier in Superpole 2 and the difference was so great that Troy almost crashed. He recovered, went back to the pits and put on some regular race rubber as soon as he good, but just could not force his way onto the front row. Briton Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) once again dominated Superpole today, taking his fifth win of the season, with a superb lap of 2:04.091. Second was Jonathan Rea (Honda), with Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) third and Jakub Smrz (Aprilia) fourth. Troy - 7th, 2:05.740 Actually today wasn’t too bad. It was just unfortunate that my qualifying tyre didn’t work in Superpole 3, otherwise I think I could’ve got on the front row of the grid for sure. I used a qualifying tyre in Superpole 2 and it worked OK, though to be true I didn’t feel a big difference between the race tyres and the qualifiers this afternoon. I used my last qualifier in Superpole 3, but it gave no grip and was spinning straightaway. I ran off the track and almost crashed! I went back to the pits, put on some race rubber and immediately went faster! Generally, I am pretty happy with the bike, though we do need to fix the throttle connection a bit because I feel I’m getting a bit of a delay, instead of it just working as quickly as normal. If I get my normal good starts, I think I can be in the first four going into turn one and that’s pretty crucial because otherwise the front group can get away. Turn one is quite bumpy going in and on the exit, so it’s going to be pretty interesting for the fans there! There are quite a few passing places round here, but you’ve got to have the tyre to make it work. Hopefully, all will be OK tomorrow and I can challenge for the podium in both races. See ya Troy

Final Qualifying Results

1 Cal Crutchlow (GBR-Yamaha) 2:04.091, 2 Jonathan Rea (GBR-Honda) 2:04.763, 3 Michel Fabrizio (ITA-Ducati) 2:05.083, 4 Jakub Smrz (CZE-Aprilia) 2:05.168, 5 Leon Haslam (GBR-Suzuki) 2:05.595, 6 Max Biaggi (ITA-Aprilia) 2:05.682, 7 TROY CORSER (AUS-BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 2:05.740