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DOHA: The defending Qatar Superstock 600 champion and current leader in the standings, Qatar's Saeed Al Sulaiti, grabbed the pole position of the round 2 at Losail International Circuit yesterday.
Al Sulaiti was on top at the Free Practice 1 & 2 and managed to do the fastest lap at the Superpole, 2:04.024 and will start tomorrow in first place at the grid in front of Abdulla Al Qubaisi.
After securing his second pole of the season, Al Sulaiti said: 'Today, from Free Practice 1, I felt really good with the bike and I was able to do a good lap time in the first lap and also in the Free Practice 2. I feel good with the bike for the race and ready for tomorrow as the pain in the toe due to last weekend crash decreased and I feel much better.
Abdulla Al Qubaisi took the second position in the grid, clocking 2:04.736 seconds, his fastest personal lap time.
Mishal Al Naimi and Nasser Al Malki will start in third and fourth places respectively from the grid today.
'The bike, compared to last round, is better now. I think my bike is ready for the race, it is not good for perfect lap time, but I think is ready for racing and to win tomorrow, Al Naimi said.
In the QSTK Trophy, the fastest rider was, Qatar's Jassim Al Thani who clocked a time of 2:08.122. Kuwaiti riders Mohamed Al Zaidan and Ali Abdulhussain finished second and third in their category.
'In this round I am again the fastest rider in the QSTK Trophy category and hopefully tomorrow I can take a good start because the front riders have A better start than me. I always follow them behind and this time I will try to keep the best acceleration I can until the end, Jassim said.
In the Qatar Touring Car Championship, the double winner of last round, Abdulla Al Khelaifi got the pole position again during yesterday's qualifying session with a lap time of 2:23.037
Al Khelaifi was very satisfied with the results of the day as he did the best qualifying time of the championship.
'I am very happy with today timings, it is the best qualifying I ever had, best qualifying of the category. I think tomorrow I can go even faster. The competition is getting stronger in each round so I have to be faster as Al Asisri managed to put more horse power in his car and I have to build a bigger gap if I want to stay away from him, Al Khelaifi said.
Newcomer, Ahmed Al Asiri will start second in the grid as he managed to clock a qualifying time of 2:25.373.
Ibrahim Al Abdulghani, had some problems with his car in the opening round and didn't manage to get a good result but this weekend, he finished in third position in the qualifying session with a time of 2:25.830.
Today, QSTK Race 1 starts at 11.30am and Race 2 at 2.30pm. For QTCC, the first race is scheduled at 1.00pm and the second race stars at 4.00pm.
Qatar Superstock 600 and Qatar Touring Car Championship are organised by Losail Circuit Sports Club and Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation with Pirelli Qatar as sponsor.
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