SUZUKI ON JAPAN SUPERBIKE POLE
29 May 2005 - Suzuki Racing

Team Yoshimura Suzuki''s Atsushi Watanabe set a new course record as he grabbed pole position for the fourth round of the Japanese Superbike Championship at the Autopolice Circuit.

The GSX-R1000-mounted rider took the position by 300ths-of-a-second from Yamahas Shin-ichi Nakatomi and Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Honda).

He said: ''In the last race at Tsukuba, I was obstructed by other rider and retired from the race after just one lap! But the Yoshimura''s GSX-R is very good and I am confident for good race this weekend.''

Final Qualifying:

1 Atsushi Watanabe (Yoshimura Suzuki) 1:51.268
2 Shin-ichi Nakatomi (Yamaha) 1:51.598
3 Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Honda) 1:51.643
4 Akira Yanagawa (Kawasaki) 1:51.691
5 Osamu Deguchi (Honda) 1:51.753
6 Takeshi Tsujimura (TSR Honda) 1:51.999
7 Naoki Matsudo (Moriwaki Honda) 1:52.032
8 Shogo Moriwaki (Honda) 1:52.066
9 Shin-ichi Ito (Honda) 1:52.931
10 Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha) 1:53.122

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