From a press release issued by Foggy Petronas Racing:

Racing legends team up to drive magazine project

Carl Fogarty is teaming up with motor racing legend Nigel Mansell to produce a new magazine – Planet Driving.

The former world champions will launch the magazine at Café Grand Prix, Berkeley Street, London, on Tuesday, July 6, at 8pm.

Planet Driving, covering the art and enjoyment of driving, includes news and features on a unique blend of driving disciplines, motorbike riding, along with marine, flying and other recreational craft content.

And the first issue, on sale now at WH Smith and all good newsagents, features an in-depth feature on the riding style of Foggy PETRONAS Racing star Chris Walker.

Carl said: “I am very excited about this project and to have joined forces with Nigel Mansell, someone who shared my commitment to success. We are very proud of our first issue and want Planet Driving to continue to provide an honest and candid insight into the art, enjoyment and science of all types of driving and riding – and not just of cars and bikes.”

Nigel said: “I feel privileged to have Carl as a fellow editor-in-chief and look forward to working closely with him and the rest of our world-class team to produce the very best from the car, motorcycle, marine and aviation worlds.”

From a press release:

24 Hores de Motociclisme
Circuit de Catalunya
Montmelo, Cataluynya

First report 24 Hours

The Race that Refused to Die is Underway at the Circuit of Catalunya

And they are off and running at the Circuit of Catalunya in the Forty-first edition of the “24 Hours of Barcelona” (which includes the races held from 1955 through 1986 in Montjuic Park and the last ten held at the Circuit of Catalunya) Spain’s classic marathon and the only surviving endurance classic outside of the French Bol d’or and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Today’s race began at 1:00 PM (Saturday, July 3) instead of the traditional 6:00 PM start. The change was made in order to avoid TV conflicts on Sunday with the French Formula 1 round and the MotoGP event from Brazil.

With a crowd of just over 30,000 fans, the race looks like being a shoot-out between three teams, three marques of motorcycle and three brands of tires. Starting first and fourth are the Dunlop-shod Catalá Suzukis (machine number 1 ridden by Javier Forés, Salvador Cabana and Josep Monje) and number 3, ridden by American Kenny Noyes and the Spanish pairing of Diego Lozano and Jose Ramon Delgado). Starting second and fifth are the always competitive Folch Yamahas, running Michelin this year. Folch’s lead bike, carrying number 2 is a 2004 R1 ridden by David Tomas, Alex Hervas

And Dani Rebalta, while the number four bike, starting fifth, is a hybrid Yamaha with an R7 superbike frame and a 2004 engine, ridden by Arnau Sanchez, Jordi Arche and Bernat Martinez. The fourth qualified machine is Pirelli-shod Honda CBR1000RR with French endurance specialists Bernard Stey and Sebastian Legrelle teaming up with Spanish former winner Guim Roda.

In all 57 teams qualified for the start, all running three riders except the Yamaha R1 of the Ibanez brothers.

The original 24 Hours of Montjuic ran for the last time in 1986 amid growing safety concerns. Consecutive fatal accidents in the 1985 and the 1986 edition brought about the end to Spain’s longest standing international motorcycle racing event.

But in 1994 the Royal Auto Club of Cataluyna, whose president, Sebastia Salvado, who rode the race as a young man under an assumed name so his parents wouldn’t know, resurrected the race using the short circuit variant of the Barcelona track and still calling the event “The 24 Hours of Montjuic” out of nostalgia and respect.

In 1998 the new name “24 Hours of the Circuit of Catalunya” was used for the first time and in 2001 the race was run on the full GP track.

After the first hour the running order was:

Catalá 1, Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge)
Folch 2, Yamaha (Tomas-Hervas-Ribalta)-0.3
Folch 1, Yamaha (Sanchez-Arque-Martinez) -38
Catala 1, Suzuki (Lozano-Noyes-Delgado) -43
Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez)-1.
Procurve Honda (Stey-Lagrille-Roda)
Prolimit Suzuki (Gomez-Olmos-Delgado)
Chalán Yamaha, (Boquet-Baker-Giles)
Encuentros Yamaha, (Theler-Martinez-Lluis)
Procurve Honda (Rojas-Carrau-Guiteres)

From a press release:

24 Hores de Motociclisme
Circuit de Catalunya
Montmelo, Cataluynya

Catalá Suzuki 1 leads 24 Hours of Catalunya after Nine Hours

Night has fallen over the Circuit of Catalunya with the Catala 1 Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge) holding a single lap lead over the Folch 2 Yamaha (Tomas-Hervas-Ribalta. The battle for third has become a duel between the Catala 2 Suzuki (Lozano-Noyes-Delgado and the Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez).

The Folch 1 machine (Sanchez-Arque-Martinez) was also in the hunt for third place until forced to make a lengthy stop with an electrical problem.

Fastest individual laps so far have gone to David Tomas (1’51.583), Kenny Noyes (1’51.743) and Josep Monge (1’52.155), but those times were in the daylight. The only riders in the 1’52s under the nearly full moon (and circuit lights, of course) are Monge and Noyes.

The battle for the lead is intense, but Monge 8th hour stint with a series of 52s allowed the Catala 1 Suzuki to break clear. Noyes’ 8th hour run of 52s made back the time lost for Catalá 2 but third rider Delgado who is finding the going hard at night and is giving up four seconds a lap and the team has shorted his stints to 35 minutes, hoping that he will get back on the pace at dawn.

Meanwhile, The Procurve Honda CBR1000RR ridden by the Belgian-French-Spanish trio is having slipper clutch problems and looks to be dropping back into the clutches of the Chalon Yamaha (Boquet-Baker-Giles).

The pace cars (two are used to collect the field) were out in the sixth hour for three laps while crash debris was cleared from the main straight.

The original crowd of 30,000 has now faded to only a few thousand, many of whom will follow the action throughout the night, but the big crowd will be back in the morning to see who is still running.

Next report at 11 hours…Spanish midnight.

1. Catalá 1, Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge)

2. Folch 2, Yamaha (Tomas-Hervas-Ribalta) – 1 lap

3. Catala 2, Suzuki (Lozano-Noyes-Delgado) – 3 laps

4. Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez)-1. -4 laps

5. Procurve Honda (Stey-Lagrille-Roda) – 14 laps

6. Chalon Yamaha, (Boquet-Baker-Giles) – 14

7. Prolimit Suzuki (Gomez-Olmos-Delgado)- 16

8. Folch 1 Yamaha (Sanchez-Arque-Martinez) -17

9. Tumoto Yamaha (Mir-Huguet-Simon) – 18

10. Procurve Honda (Rojas-Carrau-Guiteres) – 23

From a press release issued by organizers of the Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship:

RACE POSTPONED

Torrential rain at the Knockhill circuit in Fife caused organisers to postpone the opening Eastern Airways Sidecar Championship race until Sunday morning.

The entire Saturday afternoon qualifying and race schedule was abandoned with more then four hours remaining.

The Eastern Airways Sidecar teams will now do battle over two races at the 1.3-mile circuit near Dunfermline.

Tim and Tristan Reeves collected their first ‘Nexa Autocolor pole position award’ after pipping nine times world champion Steve Webster.

“I’m over the moon,” admitted Reeves. “I knew what the story would be if it did rain so I went hard at the start of the session, beat Steve’s time from yesterday and then the rain came – result!”


Knockhill – round five – final qualifying

1 Tim Reeves Suzuki 56.094s
2 Steve Webster Suzuki 56.284s
3 Derek Brindley Suzuki 56.934s
4 Richard Gatt Suzuki 57.238s
5 Bryan Pedder Suzuki 57.903s
6 Greg Lambert Suzuki 57.969s
7 Ben Birchall Yamaha 58.092s
8 Stuart Muldoon Suzuki 58.117s
9 Bill Philp Yamaha 58.271s
10 Andy Peach Suzuki 58.305s

Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

According to its website, AMA Sports apparently plans to charge gate entry fees to everyone entering Mid Ohio Sports Car Course on Wednesday and Thursday prior to the July 23-25 AMA Pro Racing National weekend, even if they have an AMA Pro Racing hard card season credential.

Which would mean that AMA Pro Racing team truck drivers and crews seeking to set up on Wednesday and Thursday would have to pay to get in the gate.

The AMA Sports website states, “AMA Pro Racing hard cards (credentials) will only be accepted for proof of road racing license and DO NOT grant entry into this event by anyone.”

And instead of Thursday practice at the event, AMA Sports is holding races–including a 4-hour–that cannot be entered by AMA Pro license holders who have finished in the top 10 in an AMA Pro Superbike race or in the top three in an AMA Pro Supersport, Superstock, 250cc GP or Formula Xtreme race since 1999. This restriction means that non-factory riders and privateers like Lee Acree, Opie Caylor, Geoff May, Jack Pfeifer, Jeremy Toye, Jake Holden, John Haner, Eric Wood and others who have not been on the track since its surface was substantially changed by grinding, will first experience the new surface on Friday, the morning before the first qualifying sessions.

Riders who have been on the new surface report that it requires substantial set-up changes.

AMA Sports is a department of the non-profit AMA, in charge of running amateur and semi-pro racing events.

AMA Pro Racing is a separate for-profit subsidiary of the AMA, in charge of running professional racing events.

AMA Sports rules for the Mid-Ohio event, which is being run under contract by WERA officials and which will pay WERA points, can be seen at:

http://www.amadirectlink.com/amrace/2004/rr/index.asp

From a press release issued by series organizers:

PICOTTE PERFECT IN CALGARY

CALGARY, AB Pascal Picotte won both National Pro events at Race City Motorsport Park Saturday, dominating the Parts Canada Superbike and Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike races.

The Granby, QC, rider, last year’s champion in both classes made an excellent start in the Superbike race aboard his Team Yamaha / Picotte Performance Yamaha YZF-R1 and was never headed. By lap 3 Picotte had a lead of well over a second on second-place Steve Crevier of Maple Ridge, BC.

“I knew I had to check out and do the best I could in the first 10 laps, or at least the first five laps,” Picotte said.”It really worked out but you never know what could happen until the last lap. I kept the pace up as much as I could and I just kept pulling away.”

Crevier timed-in second-fastest in qualifying Friday but was assessed a penalty for exceeding the class horsepower limit, which relegated him to the 16th starting position.But partway through the first lap Crevier was second. He held that spot for the rest of the race on his DXS Diablo Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000.

Frank Trombino of Kleinburg, ON held third for the first two laps on the Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZF-R1 before Jeff Williams of Harrowsmith, ON moved past him in the south end.The DXS Diablo Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 rider was soon passed by the Honda Canada / Fast Company Honda CBR1000RR ridden by Jordan Szoke of Brantford, ON, who then came under pressure from local rider Clint McBain.

The two young riders battled for several laps until McBain finally prevailed.Over the last four laps, McBain’s Coors Light Racing / Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R1000 erased a four-second lead held by Crevier and took the checkered flag right on the tail of Crevier’s motorcycle.

In Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike, Calgary racer Chris Peris held the lead for the first three laps on his Suzuki GSX-R600 with Crevier and Picotte in hot pursuit.

Picotte took his Yamaha YZF-R6 around the Suzuki GSX-R600 of Crevier in the south end of the track on lap 3 and got by Peris in the same area a lap later. Crevier got around Peris on lap 6 and while he was able to close on the leader with four laps to go, he was unable to make a serious challenge.

Polesitter McBain finished third on his Suzuki GSX-R600.

Threatening weather closed in just as the International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Amateur 600 Sport Bike riders were beginning their qualifying session, which was cancelled as a result.

Times from Friday’s practice will be used to set Sunday’s Amateur 600 Sport Bike grid, putting Dominic Lavoie of Levis, QC on the pole on his Kawasaki ZX-6RR.

Racing Sunday will also include the second races for both the Parts Canada Superbike and Pro 600 Sport Bike series.

This weekend’s events will be televised on TSN on July 24 and July 31 at 11:30 a.m. EDT and on Quebec’s RDS on Aug. 8 at 12:00 p.m. and Aug. 22 at 11:30 a.m. The action will also appear in one-hour format later this summer on Toronto1 and A-Channel stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.


Results of Saturday’s second round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Race City Motorsport Park in Calgary, showing finishing position, number, rider name, hometown and brand of motorcycle:

1. #1, Pascal Picotte, Granby, QC, Yamaha;
2. #14, Steve Crevier, Maple Ridge, BC, Suzuki;
3. #9, Clint McBain, Calgary, AB, Suzuki;
4. #101, Jordan Szoke, Brantford, ON, Honda;
5. #7, Jeff Williams, Harrowsmith, ON, Suzuki;
6. #34, Kevin Lacombe, Granby, QC, Yamaha;
7. #31, Frank Trombino, Kleinburg, ON, Yamaha;
8. #3, Chris Peris, Calgary, AB, Suzuki;
9. #26, Andrew Nelson, Kars, ON, Honda;
10. #6, Craig Connell, Brisbane, Australia, Suzuki;
11. #16, Francis Martin, Rock Forest, QC, Kawasaki;
12. #17, Brian Nielsen, Edmonton, AB, Yamaha;
13. #13, Matthew McBride, Mississauga, ON, Kawasaki;
14. #36, Peter Holzinger, Banff, AB, Suzuki;
15. #74, Michael Leon, Beaconsfield, QC, Suzuki;
16. #51, Yannick Morin, Repetigny, QC;
17. #114, Corey Sherman, Corbyville, ON, Suzuki;
18. #11, Mike Zottmann, Calgary, AB, Suzuki;
19. #12, Bill Card, Wellesley, ON, Honda;
20. #46, Tim Easton, Calgary, AB, Yamaha;
DNF. #100, Dale Yamada, Calgary, AB, Kawasaki;
DNF. #42, Barry French, Brampton, ON, Yamaha;
DNF. #47, Matt Binns, Uxbridge, ON, Ducati;
DNF. #169, James McCarthy, Edmonton, AB, Kawasaki;
DNF. #441, Francois Chartrand, Anjou, QC, Yamaha;
DNS. #57, Dave Hodge, Acton, ON, Triumph

Parts Canada Superbike Championship point standings after two of eight rounds, showing position, rider name and point total:
1. Pascal Picotte, 99;
2. Steve Crevier, 94;
3. Clint McBain, 85;
4. Kevin Lacombe, 62;
5. Jordan Szoke, 59;
6 tie. Jeff Williams, 54;
6 tie. Frank Trombino, 54;
8. Andrew Nelson, 44;
9. Craig Connell, 38;
10. Matthew McBride, 30;
11. Francis Martin, 27;
12. Chris Peris, 24;
13. Jean-Francois Cyr, 21;
14. Michael Leon, 18;
15 tie. Brian Nielsen, 15;
15 tie. Brent Strong, 15;
17. Bill Card, 14;
18. Stuart Nodell, 13;
19. Peter Holzinger,
20. Yannick Morin, 8;
21 tie. Larry Orde, 6;
21 tie. Corey Sherman, 6;
23 tie. Darren Wilbur, 4;
23 tie. Mike Zottmann, 4;
25. Dave Young, 2;
26 tie. Tim Easton, 1;
26 tie. Sebastien Michel, 1

Sportbike Results

1. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha
2.Steve Crevier, Suzuki
3. Clint McBain, Suzuki
4. Chris Peris, Suzuki
5. Jordan Szoke, Honda
6. Craig Connell, Suzuki
7. Frank Trombino, Yamaha
8. Francis Martin, Kawasaki
9. Andrew Nelson, Honda
10. Kevin Lacombe, Yamaha
11. Matthew McBride, Kawasaki
12. Jeff Williams, Suzuki
13. Alan Schmidt, Yamaha
14. Dale Yamada, Kawasaki
15. Brian Nielsen, Yamaha
16. Corey Sherman, Suzuki
17. Bill Card, Honda
18. Barry French, Yamaha
19. Alex Lotsov, Suzuki
20. Yannick Morin, Kawasaki

Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Saturday Morning 250cc GP Practice Times:

1. Daniel PEDROSA, Honda, 1:53.413
2. Sebastian PORTO, Aprilia, 1:53.434
3. Manuel POGGIALI , Aprilia, 1:53.546
4. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, 1:53.796
5. Toni ELIAS, Honda, 1:53.958
6. Fonsi NIETO, Aprilia, 1:53.977
7. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, 1:54.048
8. Anthony WEST, Aprilia, 1:54.150
9. Roberto ROLFO, Honda, 1:54.687
10. Franco BATTAINI, Aprilia, 1:54.751
11. Joan OLIVE, Aprilia, 1:55.116
12. Alex DEBON, Honda, 1:55.156
13. Alex BALDOLINI, Aprilia, 1:55.214
14. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, 1:55.252
15. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, 1:55.360
16. Hugo MARCHAND, Aprilia, 1:55.367
17. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, 1:55.492
18. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Honda, 1:55.554
19. Naoki MATSUDO, Yamaha, 1:55.700
20. Johan STIGEFELT, Aprilia, 1:56.268

Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Saturday Morning’s 125cc GP Practice Times:

1. Casey STONER, KTM, 1:57.664
2. Jorge LORENZO, Derbi, 1:57.752
3. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, 1:57.800
4. Mirko GIANSANTI, Aprilia, 1:58.125
5. Hector BARBERA, Aprilia, 1:58.188
6. Roberto LOCATELLI, Aprilia, 1:58.472
7. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 1:58.554
8. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, 1:58.828
9. Mike DI MEGLIO, Aprilia, 1:59.136
10. Simone CORSI, Honda, 1:59.233
11. Julian SIMON, Honda, 1:59.286
12. Mika KALLIO, KTM, 1:59.311
13. Mattia PASINI, Aprilia, 1:59.325
14. Pablo NIETO, Aprilia, 1:59.334
15. Gioele PELLINO, Aprilia, 1:59.408

From a press release:

24 Hores de Motociclisme
Circuit de Catalunya
Montmelo, Cataluynya

Third report/ Midnight

Suzuki Holds One-Lap Lead at Midnight in Spanish Marathon

At the stroke of midnight the sky over the Circuit of Cataluyna exploded with a fifteen minute fireworks display…all that plus a full moon and the howling of 52 surviving machines from the 57 that started the 24 Hours of Catalunya

The race after eleven hours still has the Folch 2 Yamaha riders pushing to try and get back on the lead lap with the Catala 1 Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge), but the Catala 2 Suzuki (Lozano-Noyes-Delgado) is still holding a slim one-lap advantage over the Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez) in the battle for third.

Former American dirt tracker Kenny Noyes was one of only three riders lapping in 1’53 during the midnight stint (the others were Dani Ribalta of Folch 2 and Josep Monge of Catala 1). “When I pulled out with a new set of tires and 24 liters on board for my second night run the fireworks started going off. It was hard at first not to watch…then Ribalta came by on the Folch Yamaha and wagged his finger at me. The rest of the session I was right up his pipes and we passed and repassed too. During that run we got another lap on the Pons guys, but we’re only halfway there, ” said Noyes after his fourth stint.

Now come the graveyard shifts…. “servicio nocturno,” the long, hard stints that few see except the riders themselves and a few thousand fans who have left the concert and the all-night circuit bars to catch up on the action,

Standings after 11 Hours of the 24 Hours of Catalunya

1. Catalá 1, Suzuki (Fores-Cabana-Monge) 338 laps

2. Folch 2, Yamaha (Tomas-Hervas-Ribalta) – 1 lap

3. Catala 2, Suzuki (Lozano-Noyes-Delgado) – 4 laps

4. Pons Yamaha (Casas-Tizon-Perez)-1. -6 laps

5. Chalon Yamaha, (Boquet-Baker-Giles) – 14

6. Prolimit Suzuki (Gomez-Olmos-Delgado)- 18

7. Procurve Honda (Stey-Lagrille-Roda) – 18

8. Tumoto Yamaha (Mir-Huguet-Simon) – 18

9. Procurve Honda (Rojas-Carrau-Guiteres) – 19

10. Folch 1 Yamaha (Sanchez-Arque-Martinez) -23

(52 teams are still running)

From a press release issued by MonsterMob Ducati:

British Superbike Championship
Rounds 15/16
Knockhill, Fife, Scotland
3rd/4th July

EMMETT SIXTH AS LAVERTY SETS POLE IN KNOCKHILL WASHOUT

Due to inclement weather conditions, the final qualifying sessions of the Think! British Superbike Championship were cancelled this afternoon at the Knockhill circuit in Fife, Scotland.

Despite the heavens opening early in the first session, the results ended up setting the grid positions, meaning that MonsterMob Ducati rider Sean Emmett will start tomorrow’s two rounds from sixth place on the grid.

“It was the right decision to abandon the qualifying with such unpredictable weather and whilst I’m disappointed to be on row two of the grid, there’s no way anyone was going to improve. I’m confident about tomorrow’s races and I know my way around here whether it’s wet or dry” said Emmett.

Meanwhile, team mate Michael Laverty set fastest time during this morning’s dry first session for the British Supersport class and will start from pole position in tomorrow’s race.

It will be Laverty’s first pole position of the season and the young Ulsterman was decidedly happy despite the second session being cancelled:

“I’ll settle for that and I’m confident we have a good race set up. I like it round here and I’m hoping to claw some points back in the championship” said Laverty

Superbike Qualifying
1, John Reynolds (Suzuki) 50.740s, 2, Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 50.932s, 3, Michael Rutter (Honda) 50.992s, 4, James Haydon (Yamaha) 51.124s, 5, Scott Smart (Kawasaki) 51.248s, 6, Sean Emmett (MonsterMob Ducati) 51.262s, 7, Gary Mason (Yamaha) 51.544s, 8, John McGuinness (Kawasaki) 51.753s, 9, Dean Thomas (Ducati) 51.770s, 10, Dennis Hobbs (Suzuki) 51.807s.

Supersport Qualifying
1, Michael Laverty (MonsterMob Ducati) 51.984s, 2, Kieran Murphy (Honda) 52.145s, 3, Paul Young (Honda) 52.155s, 4, Pere Riba (Kawasaki) 52.280s, 5, Cal Crutchlow (Honda) 52.300s, 6, Karl Harris (Honda) 52.318s, 7, Leon Camier (Honda) 52.361s, 8, Matt Llewellyn (Ducati) 52.581s, 9, Luke Quigley (Suzuki) 52.591s, 10, Jonathan Rea (Honda) 52.591s.



More, from a press release issued by MSS Discovery Kawasaki:

British Supersport Championship/round eight
National Superstock Championship/round six ­ Knockhill, July 4 2004

Saturday July 3 2004

MSS DISCOVERY’S ALLAN TAKES KNOCKHILL POLE POSITION AND RIBA GRABS FRONT ROW START

The MSS Discovery Team¹s National Superstock star Steve Allan powered his ZX-10R Kawasaki to pole position for round six of the Championship with the fastest lap in Saturday’s qualifying session at the Knockhill circuit near Dunfermline, Fife.

And the team’s Kawasaki ZX-6RR-mounted Pere Riba made a typically professional impression on his debut at the Scottish track, taking fourth place for round eight of the British Supersport Championship as torrential rain forced the cancellation of Saturday afternoon’s schedule.

Allan, after his second pole position of the year, said: “I’m really pleased to get pole position at my home round. I wasn’t sure how quickly I’d get the ZX-10R dialled into Knockhill but the machine has felt great since the first practice here on Friday morning.

“I’ve got my sights set on a win here and to achieve that in front of my home crowd would be a dream come true.”

Riba¹s fourth place was enough to leave the Spaniard in confident mood for Sunday¹s race action ­ over 28 laps of the tight 1.3-mile circuit.

“I like the circuit,” reported MSS Discovery’s Riba. “I was quickly into a nice pace around here, the ZX-6RR feels very strong and I think I can challenge for a win tomorrow.”

Riba added: “The weather will play a big part but the last round at Brands Hatch was wet and I managed to get on the podium, that will be my target tomorrow if it rains again.”

British Supersport Championship final qualifying times:
1 Michael Laverty, Ducati, 51.984s
2 Kieran Murphy, Honda, 52.145s
3 Paul Young, Honda, 52.155s
4 Pere Riba, MSS Discovery Kawasaki, 52.280s
5 Cal Crutchlow, Honda, 52.300s
6 Karl Harris, Honda, 52.318s
7 Leon Camier, Honda, 52.361s
8 Matt Llewellyn, Ducati, 52.581s
9 Luke Quigley, Suzuki, 52.591s
10 Jonathan Rea, Honda, 52.591s

National Superstock Championship final qualifying times:
1 Steve Allan MSS Discovery Kawasaki, 52.259s
2 Les Shand, Yamaha, 52.494s
3 Magnus Houston, Suzuki, 52.654s
4 Danny Beaumont, Yamaha, 52.753s
5 Tristan Palmer, Suzuki, 52.833s
6 John Laverty, Yamaha, 52.950s
7 John MacDonald, Suzuki, 53.003s
8 Marshall Neill, Suzuki, 53.015s
9 Andy Tinsley, Suzuki, 53.097s
10 Ben Wilson, Suzuki, 53.135s