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WSBK: Biaggi ‘Rings Up Superpole Win
Aprilia Racing's Max Biaggi came through to claim Superpole for Sunday's World Superbike doubleheader at the Nurburgring.
Aprilia Racing's Max Biaggi (Photo: Infront Motor Sports)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Superbike World Championship round from the Nurburgring will air on SPEED on Sunday, September 9 starting at 2:00pm and 6:00pm ET.
In near-perfect riding conditions Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) set a new track best of 1 minute 53.855 seconds at the Nürburgring to secure his first Tissot-Superpole win of the year and only the fifth of his career. The 2010 world champion was in superb form and set a lap time that not even the 2012 king of Tissot-Superpole, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), could beat, despite a couple of attempts.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) rode confidently to third place on the grid for Sunday’s eni FIM Superbike World Championship races. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing) joins the front row party in fourth, with Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) putting himself fifth.
Max Biaggi: “It was a very good lap time, and I’m happy for that because we’ve been working well all weekend. No rain, all sunshine and we have kept the work going. This lap I pulled together and I’m happy with what I got. The top 3 in the championship are all here in the first row, I’m sure it will be difficult tomorrow but I’ll keep my head down and do my best.”
Tom Sykes: “We did good work all weekend like in Moscow and I’m feeling confident for tomorrow. Unfortunately unlike the start of the season we didn’t benefit so much from the qualifying tyres this time round. But my aim is tomorrow, I tried to get the pole on my fourth lap with the qualifier in the final run but overall I’m very happy, and we’ll see how we go tomorrow.”
Marco Melandri: “It’s a good place for me to be for the races tomorrow. I was always struggling in qualifying but today we had a good feeling with the qualifying tyre so my BMW was working pretty good. I’m so happy to be here. Tomorrow’s going to be two long races, but we will see and it’s a good point to start from the front row. Here it’s like my fourth ‘home’ race with BMW, but my goal is to get good results tomorrow.”
Reigning champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) secured sixth place while a spirited series of laps throughout Superpole from Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) puts him seventh. The last front row spot will go to Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team).
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) set himself up in ninth place on the grid after failing to make it to Superpole 3, while Chaz Davies was another just outside the top two rows, tenth on his ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia. It was a tough day for rider injuries, with Niccolò Canepa (Red Devils Roma Ducati) breaking his right tibia and David Salom (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) crashing hard in Superpole 1 and being taken to Koblenz hospital for precautionary scans.
Times: 1. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'53.855 average 162.428 kph; 2. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'53.904; 3. Melandri (BMW) 1'53.912; 4. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'54.148; 5. Rea (Honda) 1'54.300; 6. Checa (Ducati) 1'54.322; 7. Camier (Suzuki) 1'55.165; 8. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'55.734; 9. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'54.540; 10. Davies (Aprilia) 1'54.800; 11. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'55.671; 12. Haslam (BMW) 1'55.082; 13. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'56.290; 14. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'56.530; 15. Canepa (Ducati) ; 16. Salom (Kawasaki) ; etc.
In near-perfect riding conditions Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) set a new track best of 1 minute 53.855 seconds at the Nürburgring to secure his first Tissot-Superpole win of the year and only the fifth of his career. The 2010 world champion was in superb form and set a lap time that not even the 2012 king of Tissot-Superpole, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team), could beat, despite a couple of attempts.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) rode confidently to third place on the grid for Sunday’s eni FIM Superbike World Championship races. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing) joins the front row party in fourth, with Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) putting himself fifth.
Max Biaggi: “It was a very good lap time, and I’m happy for that because we’ve been working well all weekend. No rain, all sunshine and we have kept the work going. This lap I pulled together and I’m happy with what I got. The top 3 in the championship are all here in the first row, I’m sure it will be difficult tomorrow but I’ll keep my head down and do my best.”
Tom Sykes: “We did good work all weekend like in Moscow and I’m feeling confident for tomorrow. Unfortunately unlike the start of the season we didn’t benefit so much from the qualifying tyres this time round. But my aim is tomorrow, I tried to get the pole on my fourth lap with the qualifier in the final run but overall I’m very happy, and we’ll see how we go tomorrow.”
Marco Melandri: “It’s a good place for me to be for the races tomorrow. I was always struggling in qualifying but today we had a good feeling with the qualifying tyre so my BMW was working pretty good. I’m so happy to be here. Tomorrow’s going to be two long races, but we will see and it’s a good point to start from the front row. Here it’s like my fourth ‘home’ race with BMW, but my goal is to get good results tomorrow.”
Reigning champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) secured sixth place while a spirited series of laps throughout Superpole from Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) puts him seventh. The last front row spot will go to Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team).
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) set himself up in ninth place on the grid after failing to make it to Superpole 3, while Chaz Davies was another just outside the top two rows, tenth on his ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia. It was a tough day for rider injuries, with Niccolò Canepa (Red Devils Roma Ducati) breaking his right tibia and David Salom (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) crashing hard in Superpole 1 and being taken to Koblenz hospital for precautionary scans.
Times: 1. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'53.855 average 162.428 kph; 2. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'53.904; 3. Melandri (BMW) 1'53.912; 4. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'54.148; 5. Rea (Honda) 1'54.300; 6. Checa (Ducati) 1'54.322; 7. Camier (Suzuki) 1'55.165; 8. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'55.734; 9. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'54.540; 10. Davies (Aprilia) 1'54.800; 11. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'55.671; 12. Haslam (BMW) 1'55.082; 13. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'56.290; 14. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'56.530; 15. Canepa (Ducati) ; 16. Salom (Kawasaki) ; etc.
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