Spain flag 2004 World Superbike Championship - Round 4
Monza, Italy - Friday, 14th May - Qualifying

NOT SO LUCKY THIRTEENTH FOR TROY!
Troy ended the first day of qualifying at Monza with the thirteenth quickest time and is provisionally on the fourth row of the grid. With a top speed some seventeen kph slower then provisional pole-setter Regis Laconi (Ducati), Troy and his Foggy Petronas FP1 team are going to need something special tomorrow if they are too get on terms with the leaders. Second quickest today is crowd favourite Frankie Chili (Ducati), with Chris Vermeulen (Honda) third and James Toseland (Ducati) fourth.

Troy:
We're struggling for top speed here and Monza is definitely a place where you need top speed. We're not so bad in the corners, but being seventeen Ks slower then the leader doesn't do us any favours. We had an engine problem with one bike and I didn't really get a chance to try any qualifiers and thatıs reflected in my lap times. I don't find Monza an exciting track to ride, because it's just a pure horsepower track. It's not very technical and I find it a bit boring really. Recently we had a day of testing with the new Foggy Petronas engine development team, but it's too early to say how much the bike is improving at the moment. Tomorrow should be better for us and I aim to finish the day much higher up the grid, so that I can be in touch with the leaders come raceday.

Friday qualifying

1 Laconi (F-Ducati) 1:48.701, 2 Chili (I-Ducati) 1:49.037, 3 Vermeulen (AUS-Honda) 1:49.655, 4 Toseland (GB-Ducati) 1:49.781, 5 Nannelli (I-Ducati) 1:49.911, 6 McCoy (AUS-Ducati) 1:49.962, 13 TROY CORSER (AUS-PETRONAS FP1) 1:50.950,...

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