It's great to see Troy on top to start the year for Yamaha.
Corser take superpole by half a second... AWESOME!

Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) powered to the 41st pole position of his career in the opening round of the 2008 HANNspree Superbike World Championship at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar but he had to work hard to hold off the challenge of Ruben Xaus and Max Biaggi, second and third respectively. Corser's time of 1'58.053 was four-tenths of a second quicker than the circuit's best lap, which the 36-year-old Australian set for Yamaha last year. Xaus and Biaggi, both on Ducati 1098 RS08 machines from the private Sterilgarda Go Eleven squad, were heading for a sensational 1-2 before Corser put in his quick lap. Alongside them on the grid for the two races tomorrow will be Alstare Suzuki's young German rider Max Neukirchner.

1. Troy Corser (Yamaha) 1'58.053
2. Ruben Xaus (Ducati) 1'58.689
3. Max Biaggi (Ducati) 1'58.767
4. Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) 1'58.964
5. Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati) 1'58.975
6. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha) 1'59.017
7. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) 1'59.224
8. Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 1'59.285
9. Carlos Checa (Honda) 1'59.417
10. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) 1'59.450
11. Fonsi Nieto (Suzuki) 1'59.921
12. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) 1'59.984
13. Gregorio Lavilla (Honda) 2'00.095
14. Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) 2'00.313
15. Roberto Rolfo (Honda) 2'01.208
16. Ayrton Badovini (Kawasaki) 2'01.238


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhC_PsyF6uY

hmmm....biaggi on a satellite 1098 doing better than bayliss? doesn't seem right.

good for yammi....but i'd much rather haga was in that top spot than corser. 6th???? come on haga-san!!!!

Haga is very picky about his settings. Once he gets things dialed in to his liking he will be good to go for the season. :fact

Nice to see the R1 kicking arse.


Ride safe.

:cool

Neukirchner is becoming a force. It's clear tho that those privateer Ducati's are very fast.