He has spent his weekend setting his machine up for race distance and is determined to pull in
James Toseland's Championship lead as well as putting a gap between himself and the fast approaching
Troy Bayliss.
It was difficult thinking about the 2min barrier. I did 2mins 00.429sec on a race tyre then I tried a qualifier but I didn't really improve on my lap times, explained Haga following Superpole, I just tried to concentrate on the lap and I was confident of the lap time that would come. If the weather stays like this it will make it a difficult race.
Max Biaggi also put in an inch perfect Superpole lap on his Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki to line him up second on the grid. The Roman had a small moment on his lap when he lost the front momentarily but was able to save it. He has had a lot of success at Brno in the past and when chatting at the press conference he slipped back into his GP ways saying, This GP can be good for us. We are working on a set-up for full race distance. One lap is one lap but we need to go race distance.
Brno is a circuit that riders love and Biaggi is no exception, It is an enjoyable track with long corners up and down hills. I like the high speeds and I just like being here. I hope to have a good weekend, he concluded.
Xerox Ducati's Troy Bayliss charged into third place on the front row of the grid. Although he has been mooting his concerns over the Ducati's lack of power at Brno it didn't stop him putting in an awesome lap. I'm pretty happy as that is the fastest I've gone all weekend. My last sector was ok but it wasn't four tenths faster like Nori was, I was surprised at his time! grinned an obviously surprised Bayliss.
I'm happy to be front row, last year was difficult but we are doing better than last year so it should be good racing. There is only once choice of tyre and that is soft, so the last six laps will be interesting, he said.
