Whether it was Aprilia’s updated electronics package that Alex Hofmann tested at Misano last week or the presence of the Roman Emperor’s long time girlfriend - and mother of his two children - in his pit garage in this German round, or both. Max Biaggi looks like he has had a big boost of confidence and has been very fast straight out of the starting block this weekend.
He took today’s Superpole - his fifth in his Superbike career - and broke the circuit record with Tom Sykes just 0.049s slower - the Italian admitted that his race pace is still lacking something compared to title rivals Sykes and Marco Melandri, but the question won’t be only race pace, but tire management which will be an issue especially it the weather stays hot.
