FRONT ROW FOR CURTAIN AND PARKES
04 March 2006 - Yamaha Racing

Yamaha riders Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes will start tomorrow''s second round of the Supersport World Championship from the front row of the grid after a strong showing at Phillip Island today.

Round: 2 - Australia WSS
Circuit: Phillip Island
Date: 4 March 2006
Temp: 36ºC
Weather: Sunny

The Australians, who ride for the Yamaha Motor Germany squad, changed the set-up of their YZF-R6s to improved their times from Friday''s session and maintain the important front row starts. Curtain posted a best of 1:36.436 to end the day second, just ahead of Parkes, who was just over a tenth of a second slower than his team-mate.

After experimenting with the settings during yesterday''s session, the squad reverted to the data gained during January''s Phillip Island test for today''s final qualifying. Both riders declared themselves happier with the machine today and confident that they can run with pole position man Sebastien Charpentier (Honda) during tomorrow''s 21-lap race.

A third R6-riding Australian featured heavily in qualifying, with Anthony Gobert posting the seventh fastest time on the Yamaha GMT94 machine. A five-time world superbike winner at the venue, Gobert was in impressive form in his second stand-in ride for the injured David Checa.

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup champion Didier van Keymeulen ended the day 19th on his R6, ahead of Yamaha Team Italia riders Massimo Roccoli and Gianluca Vizziello. They continued to experience set-up problems and ended up 21st and 24th on tomorrow''s grid.


Round: 2 - Australia WSS
Circuit: Phillip Island
Circuit Length: 4448
Lap Record: 1'' 36.642 (Katsuaki Fujiwara, 2003)
Fastest Lap Ever: 1'' 35.291 (Chris Vermeulen, 2003)
Date: 4 March 2006
Temp: 36ºC

Session 1 :
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. 1st Qualifying 2nd Qualifying
1 S. Charpentier Honda FRA 1'' 35.869 1'' 35.616
2 K. Curtain Yamaha AUS 1'' 36.772 1'' 36.436
3 B. Parkes Yamaha AUS 1'' 36.758 1'' 36.548
4 R. Harms Honda DNK 1'' 37.997 1'' 36.672
5 C. Zaiser Ducati AUT 1'' 38.428 1'' 36.741
6 K. Sofuoglu Honda TUR 1'' 37.586 1'' 36.865
7 A. Gobert Yamaha AUS 1'' 38.499 1'' 36.929
8 Y. Tibero Honda FRA 1'' 37.691 1'' 36.992
9 M. Berger Kawasaki FRA 1'' 38.730 1'' 37.147
10 J. Stigefelt Honda SWE N/A 1'' 37.190
11 B. Veneman Suzuki NED 1'' 38.452 1'' 37.311
12 T. Lauslehto Honda FIN 1'' 38.779 1'' 37.405
13 J. Brookes Ducati AUS 1'' 39.010 1'' 37.533
14 D. Thomas Kawasaki AUS 1'' 38.241 1'' 37.587
15 K. Andersen Suzuki NOR 1'' 39.464 1'' 37.682
16 M. Sanchini Yamaha ITA 1'' 37.865 1'' 37.701
17 X. Fores Yamaha ESP 1'' 38.380 1'' 37.701
19 D. Van Keymeulen Yamaha BEL 1'' 38.559 1'' 37.769
20 G. Nannelli Yamaha ITA 1'' 39.239 1'' 37.857
21 M. Roccoli Yamaha ITA 1'' 39.449 1'' 37.869
24 G. Vizziello Yamaha ITA 1'' 39.885 1'' 38.219
25 C. Peris Yamaha CAN 1'' 40.276 1'' 38.785
27 V. Ivanov Yamaha RUS 1'' 40.543 1'' 38.991
29 J. Enjolras Yamaha FRA 1'' 39.947 1'' 39.161
30 D. Garcia Yamaha ITA N/A 1'' 39.439

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