Friday, 31st October 2003

Kawasaki riders Garry McCoy and Andrew Pitt completed first qualifying for Sunday's Valencia Grand Prix feeling decidedly second hand as the ZX-RR pilots were each struck down with different disabilities.

"I really struggled with the wind today and when the front lifts, which it tends to do a lot under acceleration, the wind hits you and you go sideways. It is difficult to compare the progress from this track a year ago with the wind the way it is," began Pitt. "With the crash I locked the front up going into the first right and that was it; I got back on the spare but my right shoulder and wrist feel sore and I've got a bit of a headache as I banged my head when I went down. I guess I'll be able to have a chat and compare notes with Gazza at the Clinica, I'm heading there now to get checked out."

Both McCoy and Pitt are hoping for better fortune at a track that has been kind to them in the past: A year ago at Valencia, MotoGP rookie Pitt scored his best ever Kawasaki Grand Prix result with 12th place, while McCoy qualified fourth on the front row last year and was a race winner here in 2000.

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