Giugliano seventh in Superpole

Second day of practice and qualifying for the Althea Racing team on the track of Motorland Aragon in Spain. Yesterday’s results did not satisfy the technicians and rider of Genesio Bevilacqua’s team, and today they continued to work on the Aprilia RSV4 and gathered important results. In the last qualifying session this morning on a dry track, Davide Giugliano improved yesterday’s best time by two-tenths of a second and set a time of 1'58 "330 reaching fifth place and qualifying for Superpole this afternoon.

The team Althea Racing staff took advantage of the last free practice session to prepare Giugliano’s bike for the Superpole and the two races tomorrow. David closed the session in seventh place (1'59 "363). Excellent performance for Davide in Superpole. In the first phase, the Althea Racing team driver reached the seventh place with a time of 1'58 "661; therefore, easily qualifying for the second phase. Unfortunately in phase two, Davide made a small mistake during his best lap, but improved the time of 1'58 and with a time of 1'57 "602 and took fifth place and access to phase three. Unfortunately, in the last phase Giugliano did not use soft tires and finished with a time of 1'57 "975 and in seventh place. Third row for him in the two races that will take place tomorrow for a distance of 20 laps each.

Genesio Bevilacqua: "During qualifying in the morning we found some problems that luckily did not resurface in the Superpole, but we were put on alert. Phase one of the Superpole went very well, while in the second Davide was carrying out a very good lap when unfortunately he made a small mistake that not only ruined the race, but also forced us to use the last soft rubber tire for the next round. But here we had an important surprise because with the race tire Giugliano clocked an excellent time of 1'57 "975 which demonstrates how competitive he is even with the tires that will be used in the race. This year we are also struggling with inexperience as it is our first year with Aprilia, but we are constantly improving and this makes us confident for a great championship. "

Davide Giugliano: "Today was good. We are improving step by step and this is very positive. I'm still finding it difficult to adapt to the changes that my team makes on my RSV4 but my technicians are helping me a lot and the results are now showing. The third row satisfies me only partially because I was aiming for at least the second row. I'll try to get a good start and jump right into the group of the fastest riders, as we are only at the beginning it will be a learning experience for me as I still have to start exploiting the full potential of my bike that is remarkable. "

Motorland Aragon – Superbike World Championship

Second qualifying practices – 1) Sykes (Kawasaki) – 2) Laverty (Aprilia) – 3) Rea (Honda) – 4) Davies (BMW) – 5) Giugliano (Aprilia) – 6) Guintoli (Aprilia) – 7) Melandri (BMW) – 8) Baz (Kawasaki)

Second free practice– 1) Laverty (Aprilia) – 2) Sykes (Kawasaki) -3) Melandri (BMW) – 4) Rea (Honda) – 5) Davies (BMW) – 6) Guintoli (Aprilia) – 7) Giugliano (Aprilia)

Superpole – 1) Sykes (Kawasaki) – 2) Laverty (Aprilia) – 3) Davies (BMW) – 4) Guintoli (Aprilia) – 5) Cluzel (Suzuki) – 6) Baz (Kawasaki) – 7) Giugliano (Aprilia) – 8) Melandri (BMW)