Brendan Roberts

Team Guandalini Racing:Valencia: Superpole- 04/04/09

The official qualifying during the morning ended with twenty pilots within 0.8 of a second from pole position through to 20th place. Guandalini team riders Brendan Roberts and Jacob Smrz both qualified for the Superpole session, with Brendan Roberts in 11th place immediately followed by Jakub Smrz  at 0.054 from the team mate and 0.345 from the leader Ben Spies.

Jakub Smrz in Superpole used the soft qualifying tyres, as planned, but suffered chattering problems, which only allowed him to reach 11th place, whilst Brendan ended up 15th having never used a qualifying tyre before.
 
Pierfrancesco Chili

“We are very happy with Brendan Roberts result in today’s Superpole, after the experience with the new bike and new tracks in the first two races. Our goal was also to reach a higher position with Smrz, as he did in Australia and Qatar. Unfortunately some setting problems slowed us down.”

Mirco Guandalini 

“Jakub in the first two races always started from the front row, but we was unable to capitalized a result, let’s see if starting from the third row will have a different trend. To tell the truth, from Friday and Saturday qualifying I was expecting a better result. I mention to Brendan that today showed us his riding value. I hope for a good result from both in the races. I regret for not taking part in the third Superpole session, but sometimes, this may happen with the extreme competition which was showed today.”

 Jakub Smrz

“During Superpole I suffered chattering problems, even if I ride to the limit I can’t go under 1.35’s. I tried to push harder but it was too risky and I didn’t want to fall. Tomorrow morning during the warm up session I’ll do my best to find the right feeling, together with my technicians I hope to set bike for the races.”

Brendan Roberts

“I felt more confident with the bike and I know the track from previous year, so my approach was more relaxed and I know where to focus my attention. I was very nervous for the superpole, especially the second mini session, because with the qualifying tyre I didn’t find the right feeling. For Tomorrow race I have to keep concentration for all the length and especially with the old tyre when it’s easy to make mistake.”

Valencia: Superpole : Results1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′33.270
2 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1′33.955
3 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′34.082
4 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.259
5 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′34.755
6 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′34.903
7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′35.056
8 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′35.346
9 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.536
10 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.655
11 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′34.684 
12 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′34.742
13 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′34.823
14 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′34.863
15 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 1′35.082 

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