BLISTERING FIRST PRACTICE FOR CURTAIN
04 August 2006 - Yamaha Racing

Kevin Curtain claimed a provisional front row start for Sunday''s eighth round of the Supersport World Championship at Brands Hatch in England.

The Yamaha Motor Germany rider''s best lap of 1:28.674 was just four-hundreds of a second slower than provisional pole sitter Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda), with championship leader Sebastien Charpentier (Honda) and wild-card Cal Crutchlow (Honda) completing the provisional front row.

Broc Parkes was the second YZF-R6 rider, ending the day in fifth position but just three tenths slower than Sofuoglu in a close session that was spiced up by the inclusion of some fast wild-card riders from the British championship.

Italians Massimo Roccoli and Gianluca Vizziello ended the day seventh and 12th place respectively on their Yamaha Team Italia YZF-R6s, although there was disappointment for David Checa and the Yamaha GMT94 squad. The Spaniard crashed heavily in the opening stages of the qualifying session and was taken to the medical center but was passed fit to take part tomorrow.

Circuit Length: 4197
Temp: 22
Weather: Sunny

2006 WSS Brands Hatch 04/08/2006

Qualifying 1
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Kenan Sofuoglu Honda TUR 1''28.634
2 Kevin Curtain Yamaha AUS 1''28.674
3 Sebastien Charpentier Honda FRA 1''28.739
4 Cal Crutchlow Honda GBR 1''28.792
5 Broc Parkes Yamaha AUS 1''28.948
6 Leon Camier Honda GBR 1''29.083
7 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha ITA 1''29.183
8 Stephane Chambon Kawasaki FRA 1''29.302
9 Yoann Tibero Honda FRA 1''29.427
10 Robbin Harms Honda DNK 1''29.546
11 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati ITA 1''29.666
12 Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha ITA 1''29.732
13 Simone Sanna Honda ITA 1''29.778
14 Mauro Sanchini Yamaha ITA 1''29.863
15 Maxime Berger Kawasaki FRA 1''29.899
27 David Checa Yamaha ESP 1''31.509

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