Coghlan Takes his YZF-R1M to Fifth In Misano Qualifying

STK1000 SAN MARINO - ROUND 8     Marco Simoncelli, San Marino STK1000 Qualifying 1 Report - 20/06/2015 Coghlan Takes his YZF-R1M to Fifth In Misano Qualifying MRS Yamaha rider Kev Coghlan took a second row starting position at the Misano round of the FIM Superstock 1000 FIM Cup after qualifying in fifth place, just losing a chance to make an even better lap time after a red flag was shown as he was about to make an improvement on his eventual 1'37.077 best. Kev was the only MRS Yamaha rider in qualifying after team regular Florian Marino fell in practice and one of the screws holding surgical steel plates onto his left forearm started to come loose. It was decided that Florian, who finished the combined free practice sessions in ninth place from 37 riders, should not risk further injury by competing again this weekend, especially as he also suffered a possible new injury to his right wrist after his crash. For Coghlan the red flag that caused the lone Stock 1000 qualifying session to be run in two parts could not have come at a worse time, but he still starts from a strong position, in the middle of the second row, on his YZF-R1M. The recently resurfaced Misano circuit possibly worked in favour of Coghlan's machine in qualifying, held in warm and dry conditions, with high grip levels available from the new track to allow Coghlan to compete in the top few qualifying places. The 14-lap Misano Superstock 1000 race is scheduled to start at 14.15, on Sunday 21st June. Kev Coghlan 5th / 1'37.077 / 15 laps "At the end of the day I should have done my quickest lap time earlier. It would have been nice to have got that lap time and been starting from the first row and not the second row but we had a decent race at Portimao, starting back in seventh. This is better than we were at that round. Our pace is a lot better, closer to the front guys. We made a bit of a step in Portimao and transferred that here. There is a lot more grip here at Misano, which has maybe worked a bit in our favour. I hope to get a good start tomorrow and if we get away with them at the front, like in the previous round, we will be up for the fight." Florian Marino "I have tried my hardest since my crash at Imola to be fit and able to ride. After Portimao I had one more week to rest and I was feeling a bit stronger here. In first practice I was inside the top three without pushing so much but we tried something different and I had a crash going into a corner. I landed heavily on my back, my right hand and a little bit on my left wrist. I had pain in both hands and it was difficult to hold the bike afterwards. This morning I could not use both my hands but I tried to ride anyway. After a few laps I decided to come back in. We saw on an X-ray that a screw in my arm had moved, so there was nothing more we could do. Now we have a lot of time before the next race so I will do my best to recover as much as I can." Adrian Morillas – MRS Yamaha Team Manager "Kev had some bad luck because he was heading for a 1'36.8 lap time but they put out the red flag just as he come out onto the finish straight. The bike has made a good step since Portimao as the grip is very good and in the race we can do some good things. Florian tried to ride today but he had a problem with one of the screws coming out in his arm so I preferred that he stop. For the race it is not possible to ride with something like that. In two months from now he should be OK to ride in the two last races of the season."  Jeremy Guarnoni (Team Trasimeno Yamaha) was sixth in qualifying. Christoffer Bergman (MG Competition Yamaha) was the next best Yamaha qualifier in 11th place and Sylvain Barrier (G.M. Racing Yamaha) took his YZF-R1M to 15th on the grid. 2015 STK1000 San Marino Marco Simoncelli, San Marino 20/06/2015 1 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia ITA 1'36.384  2 Ondrej Jezek Ducati CZE 1'36.777  3 Raffaele De Rosa Ducati ITA 1'36.966  4 Kevin Calia Aprilia ITA 1'36.971  5 Kev Coghlan Yamaha GBR 1'37.077  6 Jeremy Guarnoni Yamaha FRA 1'37.281  7 Fabio Massei Ducati ITA 1'37.334  8 Federico D'Annunzio BMW ITA 1'37.786  9 Roberto Tamburini BMW ITA 1'37.799  10 Matthieu Lussiana BMW FRA 1'37.851  11 Christoffer Bergman Yamaha SWE 1'37.920  12 Bryan Staring Kawasaki AUS 1'38.013  13 Luca Salvadori Ducati ITA 1'38.027  14 Marc Moser Ducati DE 1'38.436  15 Sylvain Barrier Yamaha FRA 1'38.481  18 Luca Marconi Yamaha ITA 1'38.793  Circuit Length: 4226

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