Falling off three times is never ideal but to pull it back and claim pole position with the only sub 1mi൩n 36sec lap this weekend at Vallelunga is quite an achievement.

"It's been💮 quite an up-and-down weekend for me so far" declared the dynamic Australian, "To have three crashes is not ideal, but sometimes you learn something from the crashes. One we were playing with the setting of the bike by lowering it an✅d we lost ground clearance; another I bottomed out the forks and the third I was on a hard tyre."

Appart from that he was ple🍎ased with his one fast lap, "I was pretty happy with my Superpole lap, but I was a bit worried when I saw Troy had done a flat 36, he's taken a lot o✤f Superpoles over the years and to come out on top you have to do a really good job against him. However I'm happy, I'm on the front row and we'll see how things go."