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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda>> Bumpy ride for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda in Australia

February 27 2010

Jonathan Rea set the seventh fastest time in this afternoon’s qualifying session at Phillip Island in Australia ahead of Sunday’s opening round of the 2010 World Superbike championship.

The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland cited bumps in the first and last turns of the 4.445km circuit as his main barriers in setting a faster lap time in today’s hour-long session, but is confident of improvement tomorrow.

Rea’s Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Max Neukirchner, endured a frustrating afternoon, setting the 18th fastest time as Spain’s Carlos Checa grabbed the provisional pole position slot with a time just 0.007s ahead of Michel Fabrizio.

Jonathan Rea – P7, 1’32.884s
It’s difficult to know where the problems are coming from, but at least we have two sessions tomorrow to try to find the source. I’m struggling to pull the pin for an entire lap and the main problems are in the first and last corners, where the bumps are really unsettling the bike. The bits in between those two corners aren’t too bad, but it’s been hard work today. I think we know which tyre we’re going to use in the race, but we definitely need more time on the bike before we’re ready for Sunday.

Max Neukirchner – P18, 1’33.960s
It’s really frustrating, because we made some good progress this morning, using old tyres. As soon as we put a new one in this afternoon, it was spinning all the way through the faster turns and making the bike shudder in other parts of the circuit. Exactly the same thing happened with the second new tyre we put in, but we’re not sure exactly where the problem is. I know I can go faster because I was during the test last weekend, so we’ve got some work to get through tomorrow I think.

Ronald ten Kate – team manager
It’s been hard work to push the right buttons here at Phillip Island. With Jonathan we are moving forward with his race pace but struggling to get the most out of a fresh tyre. We’re a little more puzzled on Max’s side of the garage since his problems seem to be down to issues with the tyres. I think it’ll be a long night, but we’re determined to bring something fresh tomorrow morning.

2010 World Superbike championship – round 1
Phillip Island, Australia – 4.445km
1. Carlos Checa (ESP) Ducati 1’32.155s
2. Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Ducati 1’32.162s
3. Leon Haslam (GBR) Suzuki 1’32.373s
4. Shane Byrne (GBR) Ducati 1’32.635s
7. Jonathan Rea (GBR) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’32.884s
18. Max Neukirchner (GER) Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 1’33.960s

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