GERMANY SEES CURTAIN TAKE POLE
09 September 2006 - Yamaha Racing

Yamaha Motor Germany rider Kevin Curtain continued his domination of the German round of the Supersport World Championship today, setting the fastest ever 600cc lap of the venue on his way to setting pole position for tomorrow''s race.

The veteran Australia has topped the timesheets in all four sessions at the modern motorsports facility, posting a best lap of 1:41.006 to take the pole position by almost four-tenths of a second from Assen race winner Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda). Austrian Christian Zaiser (Ducati) and Curtain''s championship rival Sebastien Charpentier (Honda) complete the front row.

Curtain has been in impeccable form all weekend on his Yamaha YZF-R6 but knows that his pole position will count for nothing if he is unable to produce a strong race performance on a circuit where he has taken half of his four world supersport wins. With three races of the championship remaining, Curtain has a seven point over Charpentier.

Gianluca Vizziello will be the second Yamaha rider on the grid tomorrow, the Yamaha Team Italia rider ending the day seventh with a best of 1:42.125. Starting one place behind Vizziello will be Fabien Foret, who is standing in for the injured Broc Parkes on the other Yamaha Motor Germany machine. The Frenchamn has produced an excellent performance to finish eighth after just three hours on the YZF-R6. Yamaha GMT94''s David Checa completed his qualifying in 16th position, one place ahead of Misano race winner Massimo Roccoli on the second Yamaha Team Italia machine.

Circuit Length: 4265
Weather: Dry

2006 WSS Lausitzring 09/09/2006
Qualifying 2

Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Kevin Curtain Yamaha AUS 1''41.006
2 Kenan Sofuoglu Honda TUR 1''41.402
3 Christian Zaiser Ducati AUT 1''41.502
4 Sebastien Charpentier Honda FRA 1''41.679
5 Johan Stigefelt Honda SWE 1''42.001
6 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati ITA 1''42.120
7 Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha ITA 1''42.125
8 Fabien Foret Yamaha FRA 1''42.180
9 Stephane Chambon Kawasaki FRA 1''42.290
10 Katsuaki Fujiwara Honda JPN 1''42.293
11 Kai Borre Andersen Suzuki NOR 1''42.341
12 Yoann Tibero Honda FRA 1''42.352
13 Robbin Harms Honda DNK 1''42.383
14 William De Angelis Honda ITA 1''42.509
15 Matthieu Lagrive Honda FRA 1''42.520
16 David Checa Yamaha ESP 1''42.713
17 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha ITA 1''43.028

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