Brands Hatch Grid - Hodgson gets Pole. - Haga crashes.

Posted: Sun 06 Aug 2000

Wild card British Super bike rider Neil Hodgson stole pole position a head of Colin Edwards, at Brands Hatch on Saturday. The British fans went wild with the prospect of a British rider taking the podium as happened at Donington .

Haga who had been fastest in Saturday Qualifing crashed is spectacular fashion going into the last corner before starting his flying lap. He was taken away for medical treatment. He will start from 16th on the grid.

Castrol Honda\'s Edwards commented in a team press release: \"I\'m happy enough with a front-row start. After watching some scary moments in Superpole I was pleased to get a clear lap and qualify on the front row.\"

Troy Bayliss is third on the grid, and Chilli now recovered from his broken collarbone is forth.Three more British wildcards are on the second row with Kiwi Aaron Slight, The second row is Haydon, Hislop, Slight, and Walker.

Slight\'s press release quoted Aaron as saying, \"I\'m happy enough to be on row two here. We\'ve made a lot of progress with the machine this weekend and I have a good set-up for the race.\"

Row three is Yanagawa, with Corser next having survived a huge slide at Paddock bend on his Superpole lap. 11th is Reynolds and completing the third row is Ben Bostrom who is still continuing his run of starting before his replacement rider on the Ducati Factory bike. Borja is only just behind as he heads the forth row with Lavilla, Bussei, and Haga.

Full Field grid

  1. 48 HODGSON Ducati RS 996 1\'26.381
  2. 2 EDWARDS Honda VTR1000 1\'26.586
  3. 21 BAYLISS Ducati 996 1\'26.606
  4. 7 CHILI Suzuki GSX-R750 1\'26.624
  5. 45 HAYDON Ducati RS 996 1\'26.833
  6. 43 HISLOP Yamaha R7 1\'27.053
  7. 111 SLIGHT Honda VTR1000 1\'27.409
  8. 49 WALKER Suzuki GSX-R750 1\'27.470
  9. 4 YANAGAWA Kawasaki ZX-7RR 1\'27.532
  10. 3 CORSER Aprilia RSV1000 1\'27.777
  11. 47 REYNOLDS Ducati RS 996 1\'27.779
  12. 155 BOSTROM Ducati RS 996 1\'27.815 19 BORJA Ducati 996 1\'27.815
  13. 6 LAVILLA Kawasaki ZX-7RR 1\'27.982
  14. 35 BUSSEI Kawasaki ZX-7RR 1\'28.986
  15. 41 HAGA Yamaha YZF R7 1\'26.235
  16. 9 FUJIWARA Suzuki GSX-R750 1\'27.815
  17. 13 MEKLAU Ducati 996 RS2000 1\'28.025
  18. 39 GRAMIGNI Yamaha R7 1\'28.105
  19. 30 ANTONELLO Aprilia RSV1000 1\'28.128
  20. 18 BARTH Yamaha R7 1\'28.559
  21. 10 GUARESCHI Yamaha YZF R7 1\'28.762
  22. 33 ULM Ducati 996 RS2000 1\'29.211
  23. 46 SANCHINI Ducati RS 996 1\'29.280
  24. 20 BORCIANI Ducati RS 996 1\'29.380
  25. 76 JERMAN Kawasaki ZX-7RR 1\'29.408
  26. 28 OELSCHLAEGER Yamaha R7 1\'29.631
  27. 12 AOKI Ducati RS 996 1\'29.656
  28. 27 PROTAT Ducati 996 1\'30.030
  29. 11 PEDERCINI Ducati RS 996 1\'30.249
  30. 78 STEY Honda VTR1000 1\'30.584
  31. 23 MRKYVKA Ducati 996 R 1\'30.924
  32. 38 ISAACS Ducati RS 996 1\'31.149
  33. 91 MORIGI Ducati 996 RS2000 1\'33.452
  34. 32 DE SILVESTRO Kawasaki ZX-7RR 1\'37.377
  35. 44 JAGGI Honda VTR1000 1\'37.497