09-27-02  IMOLA - FRIDAY QUALIFYING Ducati Corse Press Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) fourth quickest at Imola – Xaus (Ducati Infostrada) and Bostrom (Ducati L&M) second and ninth respectively. Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) set fourth quickest time in today’s opening qualifying session for the final round of the World Superbike Championship at Imola, Italy as championship rival (Colin Edwards) took provisional pole. Ducati team-mates Ruben Xaus (Infostrada) and Ben Bostrom (L&M) were second and ninth quickest respectively in the afternoon qualifying session, which was red-flagged twice during the hour. Bostrom (Ducati L&M) set ninth quickest time in 1’50.408 on his twentieth lap of the session but crashed on the exit of the final chicane just yards after the start-finish line, at the very end of that lap, bruising his left hand and right foot. The Californian then sat out the final ten minutes of the session. “I went to accelerate out of the corner and for some reason the bike accelerated, then spun really quick and spat me off,” explained Ben. “That was my quick lap and I was sliding across the finish line. I wasn’t even trying to push on that lap either; my quick lap was going to be the next one. My left hand slapped down so hard at first I couldn’t feel it, but it’s OK now.” QUALIFYING TIMES in association with Breil, the official timekeeper of Ducati Corse. BACK    03/10/02 VALENCIA Spain 03/24/02 PHILLIP ISLAND Australia 04/07/02 KYALAMI South Africa 04/21/02 SUGO Japan 05/12/02 MONZA Italy 05/26/02 SILVERSTONE Great Britain 06/09/02 LAUSITZRING Germany 06/23/02 MISANO San Marino 07/14/02 LAGUNA SECA United States 07/28/02 BRANDS HATCH Great Britain 09/01/02 OSCHERS-LEBEN Germany 09/08/02 ASSEN Netherlands 09/29/02 IMOLA Italy