Badovini and Barrier make the top 2 for BMW
With the sun finally shining on the famous Monza Autodromo, the S 1000 RRs totally dominated the qualifying session, with the pole position for Ayrton Badovini (BMW Italia) in front of Sylvain Barrier (Garnier Racing BMW).
The French riders did a good job overall with Maxime Berger (Honda) fourth and Matthieu Lussiana (BMW) sixth.
If the first day was difficult, because of a drying and treacherous track, the second session enjoyed a beautiful sunshine. In these ideal conditions, the lap times on Saturday were much quicker than the ones of Friday.
Sylvain Barrier did a very good timed practice session, proving that he has a great talent with the well performing bike that he is riding. Michaël Savary was sixteenth.
Michel Garnier (team manager): “It was useless to go out this morning because of the weather. I was confident for this afternoon with the tyres for a dry track. I was sure we could be on the first row. Our goal was to be just behind Badovini. This is done. We are 3 tenths from the pole. It’s promising. Tomorrow, Sylvain needs a good start. The slipstream will be important and a leading group may dominate. Everything can be decided in the last laps. Michaël started the session well, with good times. I am confident for the race because he always does good races. He should be in the top 10. Thank you to all the people who are helping us.”
Sylvain Barrier: “We didn’t go out this morning to save tyres. With new tyres this afternoon, the sensations were good from the beginning. I did first a fast lap just to make sure. Then we put two new tyres and did a few modifications. When I started again, there were too many riders in my way and I had to slow down. We played the slipstream game with Michaël. Here you have to brake hard, but I didn’t dare to do that in my last lap. Two races ago, we were in a difficult situation. Now it’s going well. Thank you everybody.”
Michaël Savary: “I am happy. The bike was working well. We solved many technical problems. I have good sensations. We had two tyres to do a good qualification. We will work tonight on the chassis and see how it is tomorrow morning during the warm up. I did many consistent laps alone. I did my fastest lap alone, which makes me happy. It will be OK for the race.”
Qualifying results:
1 86 Badovini A. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1′46.092
2 20 Barrier S. (FRA) BMW S1000 RR 1′46.344
3 119 Magnoni M. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′47.247
4 21 Berger M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′47.464
5 8 Antonelli A. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′47.603
6 93 Lussiana M. (FRA) BMW S1000 RR 1′47.858
7 29 Beretta D. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1′47.888
8 7 Mähr R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′47.914
9 134 Lacalendola R. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′48.231
10 9 Petrucci D. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′48.269
11 47 La Marra E. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′48.270
12 65 Baz L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′48.306
13 34 Giugliano D. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 1′48.334
14 5 Bussolotti M. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′48.390
15 14 Baroni L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′48.398
16 30 Savary M. (SUI) BMW S1000 RR 1′48.562
17 53 Lammert D. (GER) BMW S1000 RR 1′49.376 ….
