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A flame-throwing Camier on his way to 7th place
Photo: Fixi Crescent Suzuki
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After a strong second place in the morning Q3 session at Phillip Island, Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider Leon Camier was disappointed not to carry that form on as the wick was turned up full by the riders in the afternoon Superpole session.
A safe fifth and seventh in the first two sessions helped the Kent rider comfortably into the all-important third phase where, for 2013, there’s added weight to the session with the WSB grid now forming three to a row instead of the tradtional four, mirroring MotoGP qualifying. Rather than opting for the softer compound qualifying Pirelli tyre like many others, Camier secured seventh place on the grid for the fast run down to turn one in the early hours of tomorrow morning UK time on race compound tyres, so he’s naturally a little more confident for the double-header of races but strangely still thinks he’ll need a tow from the faster bikes.
Camier had this to say after the Superpole session “I’m not really bowled over with the result in qualifying, but I think our race-pace is a little bit better than seventh. It’s going to be a really hard race tomorrow though, no matter what, because there are a lot of people that can do very good race times. We need to improve in the final sector and get dragged down the straight by the fastest bikes, if we can do that the job will be a little easier. I’ll be hoping to get a strong start tomorrow, the third row means that a good start is even more crucial, so to have a decent race I need to get off the line well, be quite clever on the tactics and hopefully have the pace at the end of the race to do well.”
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Cluzel getting to grips with Yoshimura power
Photo: Fixi Crescent Suzuki
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