FRONT ROW START FOR CURTAIN
30 September 2006 - Yamaha Racing

Kevin Curtain secured a vital front row start for tomorrow''s 11th round of the Supersport World Championship in Imola.

The Yamaha Motor Germany rider set a best time of 1:53.512 around the Italian circuit to grab fourth place on the grid for the 21-lap race.

Getting on the front row was the main priority for the Australian YZF-R6 rider, who will become world champion if he beats Sebastien Charpentier (Honda) in tomorrow''s race. Charpentier starts the race from pole position, with fellow Honda riders Kenan Sofuoglu and Katsuaki Fujiwara joining him on the front row.

Curtain''s team-mate Broc Parkes missed out on a second row start by less than a tenth of a second. The 24-year-old Australian is still quite stiff after his huge crash in Assen less than a month ago, but was still able to take over a second off his best time from Friday to take ninth on the grid for tomorrow''s race.

Starting one place ahead of Parkes will be Yamaha Team Italia''s Gianluca Vizziello, who won the Italian supersport championship race at Imola last weekend. His team-mate, the newly crowned Italian supersport champion Massimo Roccoli, was a surprisingly low 13th on the grid, one place ahead of Yamaha GMT94''s David Checa.

Circuit Length: 4959

2006 WSS Imola 30/09/2006
Qualifying 2
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Sebastien Charpentier Honda FRA 1''52.245
2 Kenan Sofuoglu Honda TUR 1''52.541
3 Katsuaki Fujiwara Honda JPN 1''53.441
4 Kevin Curtain Yamaha AUS 1''53.512
5 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati ITA 1''53.758
6 Robbin Harms Honda DNK 1''53.902
7 William De Angelis Honda ITA 1''53.906
8 Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha ITA 1''53.960
9 Broc Parkes Yamaha AUS 1''53.991
10 Johan Stigefelt Honda SWE 1''54.019
11 Yoann Tibero Honda FRA 1''54.225
12 Chris Peris Yamaha CAN 1''54.373
13 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha ITA 1''54.426
14 David Checa Yamaha ESP 1''54.429
15 Christian Zaiser Ducati AUT 1''54.497

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