Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty Eugene is please with his progress after the first day of World Superbike practice sessions at Portimao, and has is eyes firmly set on a front row start for the main races on Sunday.
The Irishman ended up finishing second fastest in the afternoon qualifying session, finishing just 52 thousandths of a second behind Pata Honda’s Jonathan Rea. At the end of the sessions Laverty identified a few small changes to make tomorrow in order to gain a bit of pace. His goal for Superpole tomorrow is to make it to the front row.
"We made a lot of progress this afternoon. This morning I was seventh and it may sound strange, but I was pleased with the result because I had continued to use the same tyre without concentrating on the fast lap, but working instead on the setting,” said Laverty.
“As always, my goal for tomorrow is the front row, because starting from up front is important. At the end of the first day of sessions I'm already quite satisfied with the work we've done. We haven't found any big problems, just a few areas where we still have room for improvement".
