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Top ten for the Honda TT Legends in Qatar qualifying - Malcolm - 11-11-2011 The Honda TT Legends completed the first qualifying sessions for the final round of the 2011 Endurance World Championship in ninth place today. The 8-hours of Doha will take place at 13.00 (AST) on Saturday 12 November. Regular riders John McGuinness and Keith Amor are joined in Qatar by former Honda BSB rider Glen Richards, who was drafted in at short notice to cover for Cameron Donald after he injured his wrist falling on a flight of stairs. Each rider did 30-minutes apiece in warm but windy conditions at the Losail International Circuit, with Richards lapping fastest of the three. The combined times of the Honda TT Legends put the team in ninth place on the provisional grid for Saturday’s race. The riders will complete night practice this evening ahead of the final qualifying sessions tomorrow morning. Neil Tuxworth – team manager To be quite honest as long as we qualify in the top ten I’m happy. I’ve never put a lot of importance on qualifying position at an endurance event as it’s more about what you do over the eight hour race than it is about where you start. We’ve seen some good times from our riders today considering two of them have never ridden here before and the other one is straight off the back of a 15-hour flight from Australia. I’m sure we’ll improve a little tomorrow, but even if we end up in ninth I’ll be more than happy. John McGuinness First qualifying is over and we’re all in one piece. I was out first and did the fastest I’ve done so far so I’m pretty happy with that. The track is very difficult and it’s a long way round but it’s becoming more enjoyable as we become more familiar with it. You’ve just got to be patient going into the corners, wait and look for the apex then try and fire it off the corner. It’s a nicely flowing, smooth track and it suits my style. We’ve got night practice tonight and if we can manage to go a little faster tomorrow I think we’ll be in the hunt for a good result. Keith Amor I’m starting to learn my way around here now. That last session I was a lot happier, a bit faster and more confident on the bike. Hopefully tomorrow I can find a little more time and a little bit more confidence and we’ll see what happens. Glen Richards It’s actually gone really well today. I had a feeling it would because I really like the race track here and even though I haven’t ridden this actual bike before, I’ve been riding the CBR1000RR model for the last three years so I’m very familiar with it. On top of that, the Dunlop tyres suit my riding style really well so all in all I’ve been able to adapt pretty quickly. I feel at home with the team as it partly the old Phase One team I rode for in ’07 and partly the Honda team I rode for in ’09 so I know everybody. It’s nice and I’m really enjoying myself. Championship standings 1 Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 90 pts SUZUKI Suzuki Endurance Racing Team 2 BMW Motorrad France 99 81 pts BMW BMW Motorrad France 99 3 Team SRC Kawasaki 63 pts KAWASAKI Team SRC Kawasaki 4 Yamaha Racing France GMT 94 Ipone 46 pts YAMAHA Yamaha Racing France GMT 94 Ipone 5 YMES Folch Endurance 39 pts YAMAHA YMES Folch Endurance 6 Monster Yamaha-YART 38 pts YAMAHA Monster Yamaha-YART 7 Bolliger Team Switzerland 36 pts KAWASAKI Bolliger Team Switzerland 8 Honda TT Legends 30 pts HONDA Honda TT Legends 9 F.C.C. TSR Honda 30 pts HONDA F.C.C. TSR Honda 10 Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team 24 pts SUZUKI Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team 11 Maco Racing 23 pts YAMAHA Maco Racing 12 National Motos 22 pts HONDA National Motos 13 TRT 27 City Bike 21 pts SUZUKI TRT 27 City Bike 14 MuSashi RT Harc-Pro 19 pts HONDA MuSashi RT Harc-Pro 15 Team R2CL 17 pts SUZUKI Team R2CL 16 Team Dunlop Motor 15 pts SUZUKI Team Dunlop Motor 17 Eva RT Test Type-01 Trickstar 13 pts KAWASAKI Eva RT Test Type-01 Trickstar 18 Crown Keibihosyou Racing 12 pts HONDA Crown Keibihosyou Racing 19 Teluru HoneyBeeRacing 10 pts HONDA Teluru HoneyBeeRacing 20 Motobox Kremer Racing by Shell Advance 10 pts SUZUKI Motobox Kremer Racing by Shell Advance 21 Motoplanete Racing Team YAM 74 8 pts YAMAHA Motoplanete Racing Team Yam 74 22 Infini Team Power Bikes 8 pts KAWASAKI Infini Team Power Bikes 23 Team FMA Assurances 7 pts HONDA Team FMA Assurances 24 TOHO Racing Hiroshima Desmo 7 pts DUCATI TOHO Racing Hiroshima Desmo 25 Slider Endurance 7 pts YAMAHA Slider Endurance 26 SH Technologie SCR 7 pts BMW SH Technologie SCR 27 Honda Sud Ouest 04 Spirit 6 pts HONDA Honda Sud Ouest 04 Spirit 28 Honda Escargot&PGR&SAYAM&H-Tec(E) 6 pts HONDA Honda Escargot&PGR&SAYAM&H-Tec(E) 29 Ridez & Panolin 5 pts HONDA Ridez & Panolin 30 TMS Racing 4 pts SUZUKI TMS Racing 31 RAC 41 4 pts YAMAHA RAC 41 32 Honda SuzukaRacing Team 4 pts HONDA Honda SuzukaRacing Team 33 Slick Team 49 3 pts SUZUKI Slick Team 49 34 Team Shinsuke 2 pts HONDA Team Shinsuke 35 Team Tras 1 pts BMW Team Tras 36 Sport Passion Endurance 1 pts SUZUKI Sport Passion Endurance 37 Winner Z-Tech 0 pts SUZUKI Winner Z-Tech 38 Track Team Zone Rouge 0 pts YAMAHA Track Team Zone Rouge 39 Team38 PS-K 0 pts KAWASAKI Team38 PS-K 40 Team-Hashimotogumi 0 pts SUZUKI Team-Hashimotogumi 41 Team Sugai Racing Japan 0 pts APRILIA Team Sugai Racing Japan 42 Team Okayama Trouble Tribe 0 pts HONDA Team Okayama Trouble Tribe 43 Team M II R 0 pts SUZUKI Team M II R 44 Team Frontier CWR 0 pts YAMAHA Team Frontier CWR 45 Team Etching Factory 16 0 pts YAMAHA Team Etching Factory 16 46 Suzukacommunity Racing Team 0 pts HONDA Suzukacommunity Racing Team 47 Plus One MCRT 0 pts KAWASAKI Plus One MCRT 48 Motokids.Nirinkoubounerugaru . YSP Mitaka 0 pts YAMAHA Motokids.Nirinkoubounerugaru . YSP Mitaka 49 Motokids.CSS.Kawauso RT 0 pts YAMAHA Motokids.CSS.Kawauso RT 50 La Bellezza Speed&Wild7 0 pts DUCATI La Bellezza Speed&Wild7 51 Honda Ryokuykai Kumamoto Racing 0 pts HONDA Honda Ryokuykai Kumamoto Racing 52 Honda QCT Meiwa Racing 0 pts HONDA Honda QCT Meiwa Racing 53 Honda EG Racing 0 pts HONDA Honda EG Racing 54 Honda Dream RT Wakayama 0 pts HONDA Honda Dream RT Wakayama 55 Honda Blue Helmets MSC 0 pts HONDA Honda Blue Helmets MSC 56 Honda All-Honda Joint Team of Company 0 pts HONDA Honda All-Honda Joint Team of Company 57 Hokkaido Sabeder 0 pts YAMAHA Hokkaido Sabeder 58 GreenTec/Toukai.A/Y amasina.K/Business.R 0 pts KAWASAKI GreenTec/Toukai.A/Y amasina.K/Business.R 59 Dog House Drag with Kota 0 pts SUZUKI Dog House Drag with Kota 60 Confia H.M.F 0 pts APRILIA Confia H.M.F 61 Clubnext&Nakamura eng 0 pts HONDA Clubnext&Nakamura eng 62 BullDocker TAGOSxHalumoto Showhei Ride 0 pts APRILIA BullDocker TAGOSxHalumoto Showhei Ride 63 Banner Racing 0 pts DUCATI Banner Racing 64 Arrow Tree . Pleasing&O-Tec Suzuka Racing 0 pts HONDA Arrow Tree . Pleasing&O-Tec Suzuka Racing 65 Adrenatem Esprit M 0 pts SUZUKI Adrenatem Esprit Moto