02
September
2011
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20:11
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BMW Motorrad Motorsport - WSBK - Nürburgring - Qualifying Practice 1

Summary
Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport has started its home round at Nürburgring (GER). The iconic track hosts the tenth round of the 2011 FIM Superbike World Championship. Factory rider, Leon Haslam (GBR), finished the first Qualifying Practice in tenth position. His team mate, Troy Corser (AUS), lost track time in both of today’s sessions due to some technical issues and qualified provisionally 16th.

Nürburgring – Free Practice & Qualifying Practice 1.

Friday, 02 September 2011.

 

 

 

Weather conditions: Sunny with some clouds in the afternoon.

Temperature: Air: 22 – 25 °C, Track: 25 – 37 °C

Number of riders participating: 20 from 13 teams

Fastest lap Free Practice: Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 1:57.296 min

Fastest lap Qualifying Practice 1: Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) 1:55.524 min

 

 

Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport has started its home round at Nürburgring (GER). The iconic track hosts the tenth round of the 2011 FIM Superbike World Championship. Factory rider, Leon Haslam (GBR), finished the first Qualifying Practice in tenth position. His team mate, Troy Corser (AUS), lost track time in both of today’s sessions due to some technical issues and qualified provisionally 16th. James Toseland (GBR) and Ayrton Badovini (ITA) of the BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team finished in 15th and 18th respectively.

 

Leon Haslam:

Fastest lap Free Practice: 1:58.368 min (P9)/Fastest lap Qualifying Practice 1: 1:56.345 min (P10)

“It was a good day. I am not worried about the position. We were riding at the front for the whole session, and were in P1 and P2. We were really working on a base set up and I did not use the soft tyre, like a few of the other guys did. We have learned a lot of useful things for tomorrow. For sure we have some improvements to do, but 0.2 secs would have put me in the top five, so it is pretty close out there and I am looking forward to tomorrow.”

 

Troy Corser:

Fastest lap Free Practice: 1:58.965 min (P16)/Fastest lap Qualifying Practice 1: 1:56.782 min (P16)

“We had quite a few small technical issues in the practice and qualifying sessions and lost useful track time. In the morning we had a gearbox issue that made me swap to the other bike, which I was not going to ride that much. Because of this we lost the whole session. Then right at the end of the first Qualifying Practice we were able to work out quite a good set-up and I went quite a bit quicker. Anyway the gap to first place is not that big, and I am pretty confident that we can make a good step tomorrow.”

 

Rainer Bäumel (Head of Race Operations):

“With Troy we had some smaller technical issues and, due to this, we could not work through our programme as planned. We were missing two or three outings with him. Leon was with the front guys from the beginning on. Only in the end he could not improve his time. We will now analyse the data to improve for tomorrow. Overall we are very confident that we will have two strong races on Sunday.”

Press Contact: Benjamin Titz
Tel: +43-662-8383-5310
E-mail: benjamin.titz@bmwgroup.com
  • Nuerburgring (GER) 02 September 2011. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport. BMW Motorrad Motorsport Rider Troy Corser. This image is copyright free for editorial use © BMW AG (09/2011).
  • Nuerburgring (GER) 02 September 2011. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport. Robert Stelzenberger, Crew Chief Giacomo Guidotti and BMW Motorrad Motorsport Rider Leon Haslam. This image is copyright free for editorial use © BMW AG (09/2011).
  • Nuerburgring (GER) 02 September 2011. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport. BMW Motorrad Motorsport Rider Leon Haslam on the BMW S 1000 RR. This image is copyright free for editorial use © BMW AG (09/2011).
  • Nuerburgring (GER) 02 September 2011. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport. BMW Motorrad Motorsport Rider Troy Corser on the BMW S 1000 RR. This image is copyright free for editorial use © BMW AG (09/2011).
  • Nuerburgring (GER) 02 September 2011. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport. BMW Motorrad Motorsport Rider Leon Haslam on the BMW S 1000 RR. This image is copyright free for editorial use © BMW AG (09/2011).
  • Nuerburgring (GER) 02 September 2011. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport. BMW Motorrad Motorsport Rider Troy Corser on the BMW S 1000 RR. This image is copyright free for editorial use © BMW AG (09/2011).
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