Edwards takes Superpole - Slight 3rd row 9th,

Posted: Sun 10 Sep 2000

Colin Edwards has taken his second successive Superpole at Oschersleben in Germany, it is his sixth Superpole for the season.

Closest rival Haga fell in his attempt to take Superpole and will start from 16th on the grid Edwards said \"I had to concentrate on my own thing, I watched Haga go down, but all I was worrying about was being the fastest out there when it was my turn. I\'m happy to take pole position, but it\'s victories tomorrow I want.\"

Troy Corsers Aprilia takes second place with the Ducatis of Borja and Bayliss in 3rd and 4th. Filling out the front row.

The 2nd row row is Chilli, Yanagawa, Fujiwars and Ulm,

Slight after good showings through the practice sessions has dropped to ninth on the third row of the grid. Slight said: \"It was my turn after Haga in Superpole so I didn¹t know he¹d crashed. I saw a yellow flag and a machine in the track and it was enough for me lose a little concentration - and about half a second!\"

Final World Superbike qualifying times: 1st ten.

  1. Colin Edwards, USA (Honda)1m 27.799s,
  2. Troy Corser, Australia (Aprilia) 1m 27.971s,
  3. Juan Borja, Spain (Ducati) 1m 28.253s,
  4. Troy Bayliss, Australia (Ducati) 1m 28.429s,
  5. Pier-Francesco Chili, Italy (Suzuki) 1m 28.480s,
  6. Akira Yanagawa, Japan (Kawasaki) 1m 28.538s,
  7. Katsuaki Fujiwara, Japan (Suzuki) 1m 28.655s,
  8. Robert Ulm, Austria (Ducati) 1m 28.663s,
  9. Aaron Slight, New Zealand (Honda) 1m 28.753s,
  10. Gregorio Lavilla, Spain (Kawasaki) 1m 28.806s.