#Zanetti fourth on day one at #Jerez
Lorenzo Zanetti was fourth in the first qualifying session at Jerez in Spain today in preparation for Sunday’s final round of the 2013 World Supersport championship.
The 26-year-old Italian rider was just 0.6s off a provisional pole start as his Pata Honda World Supersport team-mate Michael van der Mark finished qualifying in seventh place.
The Pata Honda duo were able to improve on the lap times they set during a test at the 4.423km Jerez circuit in southern Spain almost a year ago. However, both riders feel there is more to come in tomorrow's second and final qualifying session ahead of Sunday’s 20-lap finale.
Lorenzo Zanetti - P4
It wasn’t too bad today and we found a good direction early and I have improved my time from the test here. It’s difficult to compare data, though, because I have changed my riding style a lot since then! The track changed a bit this afternoon but this is normal here – when the temperature goes up the grip goes down. We made some set-up improvements and we’ll continue to work towards the race on Sunday.
Michael van der Mark - P7
I was not so happy today. We have a lot of set-up problems and although we changed a lot after this morning’s session, we did not really find a solution. I had a small crash this afternoon but still couldn’t find a good way. Seventh is not where I want to be and we need to be nearer the front. We have some good ideas though so I think we can go faster tomorrow.
Pieter Breddels – technical co-ordinator
Lorenzo has done a good job today. I remember when he first rode the bike here at the end of last season he was still quite a long way from getting used to the Supersport machine, so fourth is really quite impressive for the first day here. Michael is struggling with the settings a little. We started with what worked here during that test but that doesn't work now, so we’ve got a little more work to do yet.
2013 World Supersport championship, round 13 – Jerez, Spain
First qualifying results:
1 Sam Lowes (GBR) Yamaha 1m44.043s
2 Vladimir Leonov (RUS) Yamaha 1m44.269s
3 Kenan Sofuoglu (TUR) Kawasaki 1m44.549s
4 Lorenzo Zanetti (ITA) Pata Honda 1m44.701s
5 Roberto Rolfo (ITA) MV Agusta 1m44.780s
6 Massimo Roccoli (ITA) Yamaha 1m44.907s
7 Michael van der Mark (NED) Pata Honda 1m44.930s
Zanetti fourth on day one at Jerez
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Zanetti fourth on day one at Jerez
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