Its fair to say that the current World Superbike championship leader Troy Corser has so far dominated the season.
In his exclusive Crash.net column he explains what happened at Valenica and what it feels like to be in such a commanding position…
Well what can I say? I'm guessing everyone already knows how the Alstare Corona Suzuki has dominated the top step of the podium at every race so far in the 2005 World Superbike championship.
I must say I am immensely proud to be part of this team, the bike is so good it makes winning races quite literally easy.
I believe I have an advantage over my team-mate
Yukio Kagayama as I know all the circuits real well. Experience counts for a lot in bike racing, and its pretty fair to say that I've ‘been there and done that' in WSBK!
Valenica was a typical story I'm pleased to be able to tell you guys about, dominating every session just shows what a great package me and the Alstare Corona Suzuki really are.
During the practice sessions we fine tuned the set-up we had on the bike from when we tested at Valencia, before the Phillip Island round. We sorted some minor issues with the engine braking I had and just worked on choosing a tyre for the races.
In the qualifying sessions I put in my best time pretty early on in the second session, because the track temperature went up quite a lot and so grip levels suffered a bit. I'm happy to report there were not any major dramas - as long as I was in the top five after qualifying I knew I'd be in a good position for Superpole. Always topping the timesheets, like I did during the qualifying sessions, is a major bonus as you know exactly what you've got to do on your Superpole lap. My best lap was around half a second quicker than everyone else so I knew I had a small advantage for Superpole.
I managed to carry this advantage into Superpole, again being the fastest by half a second. My whole team was real stoked, as was I! It is the best possible position to be in and things looked real good for the races.
