Jerez: Pole Position for Shoya Tomizawa and Suter MMX

Suter MMX rider Shoya Tomizawa, winner of the first ever Moto2 race at Qatar, stormed to his first ever pole position in Grand Prix racing on Saturday, with a best lap time of 1.44,372 minutes.

German Stefan Bradl was second fastest Suter MMX rider in sixth place (1.44,631), followed by Jules Cluzel in 14th , Claudio Corti in 16th and Roberto Rolfo in 17th position.

“Victory at Qatar was certainly a big boost to Shoya’s confidence. He is unbelievably strong, he is fast on every single lap, and even after the small crash he had, he immediately bounced back with lap times in the 1.44’s – I take my hat off to him”, said Eskil Suter, CEO of Suter Racing.

Shoya Tomizawa

“He has a very fine and smooth riding style and he is using our standard settings which shows that our bike works well. Bradl is also very fast and confirms our good shape on this track. The other Suter MMX riders are still struggling with a few set-up details here and there, but the field is so competitive and the lap times are so close together that you lose ten positions even with the smallest of problems. Nevertheless we placed most of our bikes within the top 20 which is great.“

Stefan Bradl on Suter-MMX

Result qualifying:
1. Shoya Tomizawa / / Suter MMX / Technomag CIP / 1:44.372 min.
2. Julian Simon / / RSV / 1:44.374 min.
3. Toni Elias / / Moriwaki / 1:44.424 min.

6. Stefan Bradl / / Suter MMX / Viessmann Kiefer Racing / 1:44.631 min.
14. Jules Cluzel / / Suter MMX / Forward Racing / 1:44.810 min.
16. Claudio Corti / / Suter MMX / Forward Racing / 1:44.957 min.
17. Roberto Rolfo / / Suter MMX / Italtrans S.T.R. / 1:45.063 min.
21. Dominique Aegerter / / Suter MMX / Technomag CIP / 1:45.375 min.
23. Arne Tode / / Suter MMX / Racing Team Germany / 1:45.412 min.
24. Hector Faubel / / Suter MMX / Marc VDS Racing Team / 1:45.443 min.
27. Scott Redding / / Suter MMX / Marc VDS Racing Team / 1:45.591 min.
31. Robertino Pietri / / Suter MMX / Italtrans S.T.R. / 1:45.770 min.