LACONI THIRD AND TOSELAND SEVENTH ON GRID FOR DUCATI XEROX TEAM AT
MISANO ADRIATICO

Misano Adriatico (Italy), Saturday 25 June: Tomorrow's two races in round six of
the World Superbike Championship at a sweltering Misano Adriatico (air 33°/track
52°) promise sparks all the way as the Ducati Xerox Team's Régis Laconi starts
from the front row of the grid after an exciting Superpole session. The
Frenchman will be surrounded by three Australians at the start, with Troy
Corser (Suzuki) and Chris Vermeulen (Honda) just a couple of tenths quicker and
Karl Muggeridge one place behind. The other Ducati Xerox Team rider James
Toseland set seventh quickest time in Superpole and will start from row two,
behind Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) and Pierfrancesco Chili (Honda), who celebrates
his 250th World Superbike race tomorrow.

"I knew that Corser would be the man to beat in Superpole so I just tried to be
as quick as I could" declared Laconi. "Maybe I was a bit too aggressive on my
lap because I made a few small mistakes and lost a bit of time, but anyway
starting from the front row is good enough for me here at Misano. We worked
really well on the race set-up all weekend and everything looks good for
tomorrow. The choice of tyre is fine and the feeling with the bike is good, so I
am sure I can get a couple of good results tomorrow".

"I thought my Superpole lap was pretty good" commented Toseland, "it's just a
pity it wasn't good enough for the front row of the grid. Yesterday things went
well but during this morning's second and final qualifying session, we had a few
problems that prevented me from improving my position. I did low 37s all morning
but I need to get a bit more comfortable as I felt I was riding like I'm a bit
on the edge at that and shouldn't be. We tried a few things but they didn't
really work and we lost a bit of time, but things improved in the afternoon when
I managed to lap in the low 37s, just like all the other guys".

STARTING-GRID:

 1. Corser (Suzuki)          1'35.330
 2. Vermeulen (Honda)        1'35.685
 3. Laconi (Ducati Xerox)    1'35.798
 4. Muggeridge (Honda)       1'35.866
 5. Kagayama (Suzuki)        1'35.868
 6. Chili (Honda)            1'35.961
 7. Toseland (Ducati Xerox)  1'35.963
 8. Martin (Petronas)        1'36.147