Former MotoGP star Garry McCoy will start his first ever World Superbike event from the sec🍸ond row after qualifying his NCR Ducati 999 sixth in his first ever Superpole session, at Valencia this afternoon.

"The Superpole was very new for me. It's something else I have to get used to but my impression overall about today's Superpole is that it was🔯 very cold and risky to get out there and push 110% as you would do in a usual hot lap," said Garry. "I have to add that my clutch wasn't working very well so I decided not to push too much on the first split and save it for the last bit 🦄to get a better time.

"Tomorrow is going to be another new day for me. I've never done two races in one day, but I guess I just have to go out there and do my best as a rookie," continued the former 500cc race winner. "I can't really s🎉ay what my expectations are because I just like to live day by day and get 🔴worried about what happens at the time. Anyway I will try to get out there and make a fight of it."

"I'm very happy about Garry's result🐎," added Marco Mozzone, McCoy's chief mechanic. "I know everything is very new to Garry specially the Superpole, but I think he did a very good job today. Garry is very relaxed, I've never worked with a rider like this which makes me feel really good and not stressed."