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Team Reitwagen BMW>> SOLID START FOR PITT AND RESCH

February 27 2010

2010 Superbike World Championship
Round 1, Phillip Island, Australia
Friday 26th February
Circuit: 4.445 kms
Weather conditions: Dry, sunny, 29 - 33 C.
Track temperature: 43 - 54 C.
 
Finally, the waiting is over and today saw the first practice and qualifying for this year’s Superbike
World Championship. In what is, without a doubt, the most hotly-contested year in the championship’s
history, team Reitwagen BMW riders Andrew Pitt and Roland Resch acquitted themselves very well,
with Andrew finishing 17th. Considering the stock nature of his bike, today’s result was nothing short of
a surprise to many in the paddock and it gives the whole team great optimism about the season
ahead. Spaniard Carlos Checa (Ducati) topped the standings in this afternoon’s first qualifying, with
Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) second and Leon Haslam (Suzuki) third.
 
Andrew - 17th, 1:33.940
„Obviously there’s a lot of work to do, but we are a new team, with a new bike and we are working
from scratch, unlike any other team in the paddock I think. We are all on a very steep learning curve
and when you get problems, like we did today, it holds up progress. We had shifter and other
electronics problems and we had to work our way through different ideas and solutions, but it has all
been very positive. 
I was on a hot lap when Troy (Corser) crashed right in front of me. Without that distraction, I think I
definitely would have sneaked into the top fifteen and that would have been pretty amazing for our
very first qualifying.”
 
Roland - 20th, 1:34.065
“I feel very positive about today because we are very close to the BMW factory boys and considering
our bike is so standard, that is pretty surprising.  I lost a lot of track time today because of problems
with the quickshifter and the rear brake and that was valuable time lost.  We need as much track time
as possible to learn about our bike and then put ideas into action.  The track felt more slippery today,
because of the heat, and that’s probably what helped cause many of the crashes. Also, the wind was
from the back this afternoon and I had to be more careful going into the turns, as it would’ve been very
easy to go in too hot. In fact, I did overshoot turn two this afternoon and went into the gravel trap fairly
fast, but fortunately I managed to keep the bike upright and stop before hitting the tyre walls. It was a
tricky moment, but at least the bike didn’t fall and I was able to get back on the track and ride back
OK.”
 
FIM WORLD SBK PHILLIP ISLAND RESULTS QUALIFYING 1st SESSION 26 FBERUAR 2010
1. C.Checa  Althea Racing   1:32, 155 303,7kph
2. M. Fabrizio  XEROX Ducati   1:32,162  305,4kph
3. L.Haslam  Suzuki Alstare   1:32, 373 308,9kph
4. S. Byrne  Althea Racing   1:32,635  300,3kph
5 N. Haga  XEROX Ducati   1:32,703  307,1kph
16. T.Corser (AUS) BMW Motorrad Motorsport  1:33,512  303,7kph
17. A. Pitt (AUS)  Team Reitwagen BMW  1:33,940  303,7kph
19. R. Xaus (ESP) BMW Motorrad Motorsport  1:33,984  302,0kph
20. R. Resch (AUT) Team Reitwagen BMW  1:34,065  295,4kph

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