Parkalgar Honda's Eugene Laverty reckons he could have been challenging for a pole during World Supersport qualifying this afternoon but kept running into traffic coming through Monza's last turn, the Parabolica.
The Irishman, who squeaked onto the front row in the session's dying minutes, says he has good speed going down the back straight but the three-tenths of a second lost in the final corner kept him off pole.
“Getting on the front row was the plan and we did it. Taking two seconds off my lap times is a bit of a jump and a decent margin to gain from yesterday. On my fast lap I got a good slipstream down the back straight but whatever advantage I gained there was paid back in the Parabolica when I was held up," said Laverty.
"If I hadn’t been held up I would have been challenging for pole, it was worth a good 2-3/10ths of a second. I am comfortable with my Parkalgar Honda after the changes we made overnight. I think it is going to be one of ‘those races’ and there will be a bunch of riders going for the win. I hope that the front group is only about four strong and I am in it.”
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