Saturday, 10th May 2008

Troy Bayliss took his 21st World Superbike pole position in style at Monza on Saturday, the double world champion setting a record breaking lap in front of Ducati's home fans.

"It's been really quite difficult this weekend and I am disappointed with the Superpole results of this afternoon," admitted Michel, who will start from 13th. "I hoped to go faster, at least going under 1min 46 but it didn't happen. Just like yesterday I continued to lose time in today's sessions through the Parabolica curve and then made a couple of other little mistakes which meant I was unable to secure the starting position for the races that I hoped for. We'll make a few more changes tomorrow morning because I just didn't feel quite right today with the bike. On a positive note, my arm is not giving me any trouble so that is good news."

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