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World Superbike
WSBK: Giugliano Heads Ducati 1-2-3 In Russian QP
Ducati riders took the early advantage on the first official day of action at Moscow Raceway.
Althea Racing Ducati's Davide Giugliano (Photo: Althea Racing)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Superbike World Championship's inaugural round from Russia will air back-to-back on SPEED on Sunday, August 26 starting at 4:00pm ET.
The Althea Racing Ducati pairing of Davide Giugliano and Carlos Checa led the field in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship first qualifying session at Moscow Raceway with Giugliano setting the best lap so far of 1 minute 35.074 seconds. They each had a trip onto the gravel at one point of the session but ended their first day in the best possible positions in any case.
Sylvain Guintoli (PATA Racing Team Ducati) made it a clean sweep for the Ducati riders inside the top three, with the first four-cylinder machine being that of Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) in fourth. Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia) carried on his strong form from the morning session to go fifth in qualifying and be top Aprilia rider on show.
Fastest Kawasaki man Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was sixth, while PATA Racing Team rider Lorenzo Zanetti claimed a fine seventh on a good day for the Ducati crews. Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda World Superbike Team) proved to be the fastest Honda man, in eighth place, having been inside the top four at one time.
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) had a tough day and finished only 13th with John Hopkins (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) the first Suzuki rider in the day 1 rankings in 14th place.
The first qualifying session was held in dry conditions with overhead cloud making its presence felt, leaving air temperatures at a mild 18°C and track temperatures at 22°C.
Times: 1. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'35.074 average 148.848 kph; 2. Checa (Ducati) 1'35.284; 3. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'35.751; 4. Melandri (BMW) 1'35.772; 5. Davies (Aprilia) 1'35.828; 6. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'35.905; 7. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'35.980; 8. Aoyama (Honda) 1'35.988; 9. Haslam (BMW) 1'36.039; 10. Rea (Honda) 1'36.061; 11. Canepa (Ducati) 1'36.143; 12. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'36.174; 13. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'36.236; 14. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'36.293; 15. Badovini (BMW) 1'36.326; 16. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'36.442; etc.
The Althea Racing Ducati pairing of Davide Giugliano and Carlos Checa led the field in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship first qualifying session at Moscow Raceway with Giugliano setting the best lap so far of 1 minute 35.074 seconds. They each had a trip onto the gravel at one point of the session but ended their first day in the best possible positions in any case.
Sylvain Guintoli (PATA Racing Team Ducati) made it a clean sweep for the Ducati riders inside the top three, with the first four-cylinder machine being that of Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) in fourth. Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia) carried on his strong form from the morning session to go fifth in qualifying and be top Aprilia rider on show.
Fastest Kawasaki man Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was sixth, while PATA Racing Team rider Lorenzo Zanetti claimed a fine seventh on a good day for the Ducati crews. Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda World Superbike Team) proved to be the fastest Honda man, in eighth place, having been inside the top four at one time.
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) had a tough day and finished only 13th with John Hopkins (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) the first Suzuki rider in the day 1 rankings in 14th place.
The first qualifying session was held in dry conditions with overhead cloud making its presence felt, leaving air temperatures at a mild 18°C and track temperatures at 22°C.
Times: 1. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'35.074 average 148.848 kph; 2. Checa (Ducati) 1'35.284; 3. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'35.751; 4. Melandri (BMW) 1'35.772; 5. Davies (Aprilia) 1'35.828; 6. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'35.905; 7. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'35.980; 8. Aoyama (Honda) 1'35.988; 9. Haslam (BMW) 1'36.039; 10. Rea (Honda) 1'36.061; 11. Canepa (Ducati) 1'36.143; 12. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'36.174; 13. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'36.236; 14. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'36.293; 15. Badovini (BMW) 1'36.326; 16. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'36.442; etc.
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