1. Jonathan Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 38′42.640
2. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 38′43.766
3. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda Team) 38′52.646
4. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing) 38′53.356
5. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) 39′00.031
6. Leon Haslam (Team Suzuki Alstare) 39′01.941
7. Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 39′02.253
8. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Suzuki Alstare) 39′02.520
9. Shane Byrne (Althea Racing) 39′03.816
10. Luca Scassa (Supersonic Racing Team) 39′12.392
11. Lorenzo Lanzi (DFX Corse) 39′12.796
12. Ian Lowry (Kawasaki Racing Team) 39′36.262
13. Roger Lee Hayden (Team Pedercini) 39′41.460
14. Matteo Baiocco (Team Pedercini) 40′08.546
RT. Fabrizio Lai (ECHO CRS Honda) 38′47.862
RT. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox Team) 24′11.947
RT. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox Team) 17′20.006
RT. Jakub Smrz (Team PATA B&G Racing) 11′50.182
RT. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 12′19.435
RT. Max Neukirchner (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 13′11.368
RT. James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda Team) 2′02.665

(photo Ducati Corse Friends)

The return to competition for Luca Scassa was a bit more difficult than expected after his two bad falls at the previous races in Brno and Silverstone. Luca has done today a good amount of work but a small technical problem on the rear brake and not a perfect balance did not give him the improvement that was expected. Suffered in the morning a technical failure at the braking system. In the afternoon a better set-up was found and the bike was more ride able. Qualified for the first Superpole was easy (17th crono 1′56”710) but it was stopped at the second Superpole with a sixteenth absolute crono (1′55”908) and a fourth row on the grid.

Luca Scassa: “It’s a difficult weekend for us, because I can not ride the bike as I like.
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Noriyuki Haga: “I had a better feeling with the bike this morning compared to this afternoon’s session, so tomorrow I think we’ll make some changes that take us back in that direction regarding set-up. I was a bit disappointed with the Superpole result because I did my two laps in the final phase but maybe I should have stayed out there and done one more because the situation changed dramatically in the last two minutes and I dropped from fourth to sixth. Having said that, a place on the second row isn’t bad and after two positive days we’ll be aiming to make two equally positive races tomorrow.”

Michel Fabrizio: “After all the team’s hard work and the positive results so far this weekend, I of course hoped to take part in the third part of the Superpole but unfortunately a couple of mistakes proved costly and I finished ninth, outside of the top eight for just a fraction of a second. Tomorrow will be very difficult because this is one of those tracks where it’s not easy to pass, added to the fact that there are more than a few strong riders…”

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Positive first day of qualifying for the Supersonic Team and Luca Scassa. The strong Italian rider is returning to competition after his two consecutive stops. The Tuscan rider recovered from the bruises and fractures on both feet and started to work in close harmony with the technical team to get a good general set-up. Went on track with both bikes and tested several solutions trying to solve some problems.
Overall satisfied, Luca ended the first qualifying round the thirteenth time.
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Have a look at the Ducati Xerox Team Michel Fabrizio crash in 8 pictures.
Nurburgring SBK Qualifying 1
photo Ducati Corse Friends

photo: Luca Scassa (Ducati Corse Friends)

1. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 1′55.232
2. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 1′55.447
3. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox Team) 1′55.753
4. Shane Byrne (Althea Racing) 1′55.998
5. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox Team) 1′56.024
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Luca Scassa and the Supersonic Team are ready to face the last part of the SBK World Championship that will conclude the 2010 season in less than a month. The Nurburgring, a modern structure and a name that recalls the legendary Nordschleife is a terrible but fascinating track and still in use for private testing and racing. The Nurburgring is 5137 meters long and has seventeen curves of various levels of difficulty. Last year, Luca Scassa has scored points on it in race 2, with his four cylinder Japanese bike. The Nurburgring represents for the team more than the simple return in the World Superbike Championship. The fantastic results from team and rider was unfortunately stopped at Brno during the first race when Scassa,slipped out the race (absolute crono 6th on the grid) and fractured the 3rd and 4th metatarsal of his left foot. Recovery was forced and during the free practise at Silverstone the situation was repeated and not allowed him to take part in the race.

Luca Scassa: “I can’t wait to get back on track! The last few weeks have been really hard for me because of the falls and injuries and I have to spent more time taking care of my wounds. Silverstone has unfortunately aggravated an extreme situation, it was really bad for me and also the bike was completely destroyed. Thanks to a serious rehabilitation program I recovered for 99%.I rode last week with my motocross bike, without force of course,
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Mugello (Italy), Thursday 2nd September 2010: in preparation for the upcoming Nurburgring round of the World Superbike Championship, the Ducati Xerox Team carried out two days of testing at Italian circuit Mugello. The two factory riders divided the work, Michel Fabrizio on track on Tuesday and Noriyuki Haga taking over the ropes yesterday. The test was a very useful exercise for both riders after the month long summer break.
On Tuesday Michel made more than 65 laps during the day, working hard with his technicians to record a best time of 1m52.0, on a “Q”, in the late afternoon. During the day the Italian rider tried different set-ups and also tested several new tyre solutions provided by Pirelli. On Wednesday morning, in equally hot conditions, Noriyuki took to the track, carrying out a very similar work programme to Michel and clocking up around 60 laps by the close of play. His best time of the day was a 1m52.6 recorded on race rubber.

Noriyuki Haga: “This test has been helpful, allowing us to get feeling back with the bike after the summer holiday. It has been useful preparation for

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Lorenzo Lanzi (Team DFX): The long summer break from August did not stop my will to fight. I spend much time for my trainings programme to be in the best condition for the German SBK round. I know the Nurburgring a little because I raced there in 2008 and I remember that it is a very technical track. The team will work on it like the best as usual. I hope to have a good qualification to start from a good position on the starting grid and I hope to gain again some extra points in the championship. We are ready for the challenge!

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