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Barros, WSBK Phillip Island, 2006

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'Standard' Barros 'starting to understand'.

Friday, 3rd March 2006

Fresh from finishing sixth and seventh on his World Superbike debut at Qatar, former MotoGP star Alex Barros made a further leap in performance during day one in Australia - qualifying his Klaffi Honda a provisional second.

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Finally, Barros - who told Crash.net in Qatar that he would only have his full specification bike ready at round three, in Valencia - was asked exactly what changes will be made to his Fireblade for the Spanish event.

"Engine," he replied. "Now I have basically a standard engine and I should have all engine work and full kit for Valencia - so I should be much stronger."

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