Leon Camier will start tomorrow’s opening round of the World Superbike Championship from the second row of the grid after qualifying his Crescent Fixi Suzuki in sixth position.

With Superpole cancelled at the Phillip Island circuit due to a fatality in the Australian Superstock 600 race, positions were taken from the previous qualifying session.

Therefore, the Ashford racer will start from the second row of the grid for the opening round of the Championship in Australia and Camier was pleased with how things had started:

“With the problems from yesterday fixed, we began with an older setting we knew worked well and ended with a good base setting. That, coupled with the new Yoshimura engines, gave us a definite improvement.

“I knew straight away that the engines were stronger. I did a bit of a race simulation in the free practice today and one thing I know is that the heat is going to be a bit of a problem for all of us.

“Phillip Island is well known for being hard on tires, especially when the track temperature is very hot. I am really enjoying riding the Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R – I feel very comfortable and I like its character.”

You can watch Camier in action in the early hours of Sunday morning on Eurosport.