Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider Leon Camier finished comfortably inside the Superpole positions during today’s first qualifying session for the sixth round of the World Superbike Championships at Portimao in Portugal, but even though the rider is happy with the alterations made to his bike today, there are still improvements that need to be made.

Camier led the way for the Fixi Crescent Suzuki team as he posted the ninth quickest time around the Portuguese circuit. He made several changes to his machine throughout both the qualifying and free practices today and is confident that he can improve his own riding further as the weekend progresses and be able to challenge for a good result on race-day.

The tall Kent rider and his team-mate Jules Cluzel have a second qualifying session tomorrow morning where they will aim to consolidate their places in the top-15 to make sure they are in the afternoon’s Superpole to get the best qualifying positions for Sunday’s two races.

“We changed the bike a bit today, because I felt that I wanted a bit more out of it and we certainly improved it, that’s for sure. My consistency was a lot better as well, but I still need to find a bit more speed in some places,” said Camier.

“We still need to make some small changes, but only enough for me to get the feeling I want and then I can start to push and find the boundaries, then hopefully that will be good enough for race-pace.

“The wind was a bit difficult today, because as you came down the start-finish straight it would try and blow you off the track; it was quite vicious there, but thankfully not as bad around the rest of the track.”