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AIRWAVES YAMAHA ONE-TWO AT SILVERSTONE
26th September 2009
British Superbike Championship leader Leon Camier, claimed pole number nine at a sunny Silverstone today. James Ellison will start alongside him with just 0.097s splitting the Airwaves Yamaha pair.
Having broken the lap record earlier in the day (held previously by Gregorio Lavilla), Leon was confident heading into Qualifying and comfortably made it through to the final phase. He posted consistently quick laps throughout the 10 minute session, recording his pole time of 1:25.391 on lap 3. James pushed his teammate right until the end to produce one of the closest finishes to Qualifying all season. He narrowly missed out on his first British Superbike pole position, lapping in 1:25.488.
After Qualifying, Leon said, “It felt great to break the lap record this morning, so thank you to Pirelli for their hard work. I was hoping to have improved on our times this afternoon but the conditions had changed a bit. Qualifying was quite tough. Both James and Josh Brookes really upped their pace. Knowing that I can possibly take the Championship tomorrow, I need to make sure I continue to push but be careful too. Also, because the lap times are so close, if I do get one of my typical bad starts, it won’t be easy to make up places. I’ll get my head down, try and get a good start, and concentrate on not making any mistakes.”
Equalling his best qualifying performance of the season, James commented, “Qualifying hasn’t been that great for me these past couple of Rounds, so this is just what I needed. To be honest, I didn’t realise I was so close to Leon, or that my lap was that good until I came back in to the garage. We started this weekend well and improved every session. It’s all gone in the right direction, and it’s good to know we haven't got to make a massive step forward to catch Leon. With us all being so close, it should make for some interesting racing tomorrow.”
Results:
1. Leon Camier – Airwaves Yamaha 1:25.391
2. James Ellison – Airwaves Yamaha 1:25.488
