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World Superbike
WSBK: Fabrizio Leads BMW QP1 1-2-3
Italian Michel Fabrizio headlined a BMW 1-2-3 in Friday qualifying at the power-hungry Monza circuit.
BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet's Michel Fabrizio (Photo: Infront Motor Sports)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 4 of the Superbike World Championship from Monza, Italy will air back-to-back on SPEED Sunday, May 6, starting at 2:00pm ET.
Michel Fabrizio (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) led home a BMW 1-2-3 at Monza in the first qualifying session, thanks to a 1 minute 42.325 second lap set with only three minutes of the session remaining. He had earlier equaled the best top speed in SBK history when he clocked 334.8 km/h down the main straight. Another Italian, Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was second fastest and Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) third.
The Friday reign of the S1000RR at the fastest circuit on the calendar was only challenged by the Aprilia Racing bike of Eugene Laverty, who was fourth in the overall rankings. BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet rider Ayrton Badovini posted the fifth best lap time, one place up on Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). Local great Max Biaggi went seventh for Aprilia Racing, while the third Aprilia in the field in 2012, the ParkinGO MTC Aprilia of Chaz Davies, ended up in eighth place, making him the last rider to lap within a second of the top spot.
As expected the Ducati riders found themselves outgunned at this particular circuit with 2011 champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) only ninth and his teammate, Davide Giugliano, tenth.
Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) was top Honda rider in 11th and both Crescent Fixi Suzuki men, John Hopkins and Leon Camier, followed him on the opening day timesheets. Assen race winner Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) was 15th on the first day at Monza.
Times:
1. Fabrizio M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.327
2. Melandri M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.380
3. Haslam L. (GBR) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.523
4. Laverty E. (IRL) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'42.625
5. Badovini A. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.690
6. Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'42.794
7. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'42.844
8. Davies C. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'43.228
9. Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'43.393
10. Giugliano D. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'43.408
11. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.410
12. Hopkins J. (USA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'43.576
13. Camier L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'43.837
14. Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'43.943
15. Guintoli S. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'44.042
16. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'44.057; etc.
Michel Fabrizio (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) led home a BMW 1-2-3 at Monza in the first qualifying session, thanks to a 1 minute 42.325 second lap set with only three minutes of the session remaining. He had earlier equaled the best top speed in SBK history when he clocked 334.8 km/h down the main straight. Another Italian, Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was second fastest and Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) third.
The Friday reign of the S1000RR at the fastest circuit on the calendar was only challenged by the Aprilia Racing bike of Eugene Laverty, who was fourth in the overall rankings. BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet rider Ayrton Badovini posted the fifth best lap time, one place up on Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). Local great Max Biaggi went seventh for Aprilia Racing, while the third Aprilia in the field in 2012, the ParkinGO MTC Aprilia of Chaz Davies, ended up in eighth place, making him the last rider to lap within a second of the top spot.
As expected the Ducati riders found themselves outgunned at this particular circuit with 2011 champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) only ninth and his teammate, Davide Giugliano, tenth.
Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) was top Honda rider in 11th and both Crescent Fixi Suzuki men, John Hopkins and Leon Camier, followed him on the opening day timesheets. Assen race winner Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) was 15th on the first day at Monza.
Times:
1. Fabrizio M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.327
2. Melandri M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.380
3. Haslam L. (GBR) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.523
4. Laverty E. (IRL) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'42.625
5. Badovini A. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.690
6. Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'42.794
7. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'42.844
8. Davies C. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'43.228
9. Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'43.393
10. Giugliano D. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'43.408
11. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.410
12. Hopkins J. (USA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'43.576
13. Camier L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'43.837
14. Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'43.943
15. Guintoli S. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'44.042
16. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'44.057; etc.
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