Kiyonari Qualifies On British Superbike Pole At Mallory Park

Kiyonari Qualifies On British Superbike Pole At Mallory Park

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Rizla Suzuki’s Scott Smart and John Reynolds will start tomorrow’s third-round British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park in seventh and ninth positions. Smart worked hard on the handling of his GSX-R1000 during both qualification sessions and was disappointed not to have had a clear lap at the end of the final one to improve his time. Reynolds suffered from cramp in his broken right leg in the morning session. A massage helped the British Superbike Champion through second qualifying and he took an impressive ninth place to head the third row on the grid. Both Rizla Suzuki riders were well under the 1.39-mile long Mallory Park track record of 51.722s. Honda’s Ryuichi Kiyonari will start from pole position. Scott Smart: “We worked to refine the handling on my GSX-R1000 today and we have achieved a lot. I will now sit down with my crew and decide on a final set-up for the races. We will then trial that in morning warm-up and hopefully go even faster than today. “Seventh on the second row is a fair starting position but I was only one-tenth-of-a-second behind fourth. I didn’t get a final flying lap at the end of qualification but I am sure I could have challenged for the front row.” John Reynolds: “In first qualifying I was suffering from cramp in the back of my right leg. Now the bones are healing, I am asking more of the muscles and they are protesting. I had a massage in between qualification sessions and felt 100 per cent better in the afternoon. I’ll be going back to the physiotherapist tomorrow before the races. “My Rizla Suzuki crew has been incredible again. Everything I ask for I get and my GSX-R1000 is absolutely on the money. It is capable of going a full-second faster if I was fully fit. I’m starting to enjoy my riding and racing again and that is the best feeling in the World.” Robert Wicks – Team Manager: “Both riders improved their lap times from this morning and are starting from strong top-10 positions on the grid. They will be forces to be reckoned with in the races tomorrow. “If Scott and JR can get good starts and away with the lead group, we know that Mallory Park provides plenty of overtaking opportunities for them to work their way up the field. Being such a short lap, backmarkers are also likely to play their part in the outcome. One thing’s for sure; the entire Rizla Suzuki team will be giving its all and the racing will certainly be exciting.” Mallory Park BSB Qualification: 1: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) 50.593, 2: Michael Rutter (Honda) +0.223, 3: Glen Richards (Kawasaki) +0.390, 4: Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +0.651, 5: Karl Harris (Honda) +0.665, 6: Leon Haslam (Ducati) +0.702, 7: SCOTT SMART (RIZLA SUZUKI) +0.752, 8: Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) +0.846, 9: JOHN REYNOLDS (RIZLA SUZUKI) +0.904, 10: James Buckingham (Suzuki) +0.944.

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