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World Superbike
WSBK: Checa Edges Ahead In Tight QP1
All 16 provisional Superpole qualifiers were on the lead second on Friday at Misano.
Althea Racing Ducati's Carlos Checa (Photo: Infront Motor Sports)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The San Marino round of the Superbike World Championship from Misano Adriatico will air on SPEED back-to-back on Sunday, June 10 at 2:00pm ET.
Reigning World Champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) and former Misano race winner Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) wrestled with the stopwatch at Misano in the first qualifying session of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship, with Checa coming out on top by a slim margin of 0.047 seconds. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) put his four-cylinder third in the rankings, with BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider Marco Melandri making it four different types of machine in the top four places after the first day.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) was fifth with Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) posting another strong result for the Ducati riders, in sixth. Young Frenchman Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) was the top Kawasaki competitor on display today, seventh. Leon Haslam, Melandri’s teammate, was eighth with Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati) ninth and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) rounding out the top ten.
Despite being fast in the early free session Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) could not make enough improvements to go any higher than 11th, with local man Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) 12th. Wild card rider for Barni Racing Team Italia, Matteo Baiocco, was 17th.
The top 18 riders in first qualifying were grouped together within 1.093 seconds of each other.
One more qualifying session will take place tomorrow, before Tissot-Superpole determines the final top 16 grid positions in the afternoon.
Times: 1. Checa (Ducati) 1'36.521 average 157.620 kph; 2. Rea (Honda) 1'36.568; 3. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'36.703; 4. Melandri (BMW) 1'36.795; 5. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'36.806; 6. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'36.829; 7. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'36.957; 8. Haslam (BMW) 1'37.009; 9. Smrz (Ducati) 1'37.022; 10. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'37.044; 11. Camier (Suzuki) 1'37.280; 12. Badovini (BMW) 1'37.295; 13. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'37.340; 14. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'37.406; 15. Canepa (Ducati) 1'37.439; 16. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'37.514; etc.
Reigning World Champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) and former Misano race winner Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) wrestled with the stopwatch at Misano in the first qualifying session of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship, with Checa coming out on top by a slim margin of 0.047 seconds. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) put his four-cylinder third in the rankings, with BMW Motorrad Motorsport rider Marco Melandri making it four different types of machine in the top four places after the first day.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) was fifth with Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) posting another strong result for the Ducati riders, in sixth. Young Frenchman Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) was the top Kawasaki competitor on display today, seventh. Leon Haslam, Melandri’s teammate, was eighth with Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati) ninth and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) rounding out the top ten.
Despite being fast in the early free session Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) could not make enough improvements to go any higher than 11th, with local man Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) 12th. Wild card rider for Barni Racing Team Italia, Matteo Baiocco, was 17th.
The top 18 riders in first qualifying were grouped together within 1.093 seconds of each other.
One more qualifying session will take place tomorrow, before Tissot-Superpole determines the final top 16 grid positions in the afternoon.
Times: 1. Checa (Ducati) 1'36.521 average 157.620 kph; 2. Rea (Honda) 1'36.568; 3. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'36.703; 4. Melandri (BMW) 1'36.795; 5. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'36.806; 6. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'36.829; 7. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'36.957; 8. Haslam (BMW) 1'37.009; 9. Smrz (Ducati) 1'37.022; 10. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'37.044; 11. Camier (Suzuki) 1'37.280; 12. Badovini (BMW) 1'37.295; 13. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'37.340; 14. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'37.406; 15. Canepa (Ducati) 1'37.439; 16. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'37.514; etc.
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