Smrz takes WSB pole in QP1

My Czech is not that great, but I understand the Czech for "where did he come from" is something like "Odkud přišel"

But that might be Russian...

The performance from Smrz to top the time sheets is outstanding, and what is more exciting, it's often the case in racing that those guys who go fast straight out of the box are those who keep going fast.

Meaning Nakano's performance on the new Aprilia is also great news for the series. If Shinya has finally got over OJ out dragging him to the line he'll be right up there.

But with only 1 second covering the top 14 riders combined with the nature of production based Superbikes - the racing is going to be Superclose and only those who can scrap as well as go fast are gunna win.

So that rules out Biaggi then.