Two Wheel Asphalt News

Hill was pushing hard for the pole position but some small mistakes during the Q3 session saw him end third and just 0.034 seconds adrift of pole-sitter Josh Brookes.

Hill leads the standings ahead of the two races on Sunday and looked set to end the day fastest but dropped to second in the final seconds and Noriyuki Haga returned to the 2.99-mile circuit following his podium finish at Oulton Park.

he 300 layout first featured on the MCE BSB calendar last year and the combination of high speed straights and slow corners is the next challenge for the Guisborough based team who scored a podium finish at the event last year with Kent ace Hill.

Valentino Rossi, Michael Schumacher and Stephane Peterhansel together sharing tarmac here in Le Mans. Fair enough, it was left to Valentino to wrestle his machinery on the track but the titles on show were pretty spectacular.