Doha: The QMMF Racing team achieved excellent results in qualifying for Round 6 of the Superbike European Championship, which takes place this weekend at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain.
Conditions at the southern Spanish track were changeable on Saturday, with the first practice in the dry and the second in the rain.
The QMMF Racing riders experienced very different feelings with each circumstance, and whilst Mashel Al Naimi would prefer that the race tomorrow be wet, team-mate Saeed Al Sulaiti would love the contest to be held in the dry. Both riders managed to qualify in the Top 10. Mashel, who had problems with his setup, was eighth, whilst Saeed was tenth -his best qualifying performance to date.
“My bike is not working very well on a dry track. Since we started out yesterday, I don’t feel as comfortable as I was at this circuit when we came to test here a few days ago,” said Al Naimi.
“All indications are that the race tomorrow will be wet, and today we have achieved a good setup for those conditions; the track is quite slippery, but we set the fourth best time in the wet, so I would like tomorrow’s race to be held in the rain.”
Al Sulaiti who finished 10th said: “This is my first time at this circuit, and it is a track at which I couldn’t wait to ride at. In the first qualifying session I managed tenth position,” he said.
“The team have done an excellent job on the setup of the bike, with which I feel very competitive for the race.”
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