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World Superbike
WSBK: Smrz Steals Miller Provisional Pole
Liberty Racing Team Effenbert's Jakub Smrz out-paced MMP genius Carlos Checa to claim the provisional pole at Miller Motorsports Park.
Liberty Racing Team Effenbert's Jakub Smrz (Photo: Infront Motor Sports)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The United States round of the Superbike World Championship from Miller Motorsports Park will air on SPEED Monday, May 28 at 4:00pm ET and 7:00pm ET.
Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Jakub Smrz served up something of a minor surprise at Miller Motorsports Park on Saturday, edging ahead of MMP superstar Carlos Checa to claim provisional pole.
Smrz backed up his leadership of the wet morning session to lay claim to the top time in the afternoon's dry but extremely windy QP at 1:49.842.
Four-time MMP winner Checa was less than a tenth back at 1:49.912 in what was a very good day for Ducati despite their distinct top speed deficit on the long Miller front straight. In addition to Smrz and Checa's 1-2, their teammates, Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing), and Sylvain Guintoli (Effenbert Liberty Racing) ran 5-6 in the session.
Sandwiched in between the Ducati duos were BMW Motorrad Motorsport's Marco Melandri and points leader and '10 MMP double winner Max Biaggi on the factory Aprilia RSV4.
Shock Donington winner Jonathan Rea was seventh with Biaggi's teammate, Eugene Laverty, rounding out the provisional second row.
Saturday saw an all-British Row 3, led by Saturday faller Tom Sykes down in an uncharacteristic ninth on the works Kawasaki. Team FIXI Crescent Suzuki's Leon Camier was tenth, followed by WSS champ Chaz Davies, and Melandri's teammate, Leon Haslam.
Saturday QP1 Times:
1. Smrz (Ducati) 1'49.842 average 160.824 kph
2. Checa (Ducati) 1'49.912
3. Melandri (BMW) 1'50.038
4. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'50.091
5. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'50.280
6. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'50.312
7. Rea (Honda) 1'50.358
8. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'50.428
9. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'50.433
10. Camier (Suzuki) 1'50.520
11. Davies (Aprilia) 1'50.561
12. Haslam (BMW) 1'50.730
13. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'50.877
14. Badovini (BMW) 1'51.042
15. Salom (Kawasaki) 1'51.055
16. Berger (Ducati) 1'51.070
17. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'51.512
18. Canepa (Ducati) 1'51.590
19. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'52.002
20. Holden (BMW) 1'52.108
21. Mercado (Kawasaki) 1'52.288
22. Aoyama (Honda) 1'52.390
23. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'52.953
24. Turpin (Ducati) 1'54.994.
SPEED.com Motorcycle Racing Editor Chris Martin saw Eddie Lawson win aboard a Kawasaki the first time he attended an AMA Superbike race and witnessed Ben Bostrom win a World Superbike race aboard a V&H Ducati the first time he worked one. He has written about AMA SBK, WSBK, and MotoGP for SPEED.com since 2003. Chris is now on Twitter.
Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Jakub Smrz served up something of a minor surprise at Miller Motorsports Park on Saturday, edging ahead of MMP superstar Carlos Checa to claim provisional pole.
Smrz backed up his leadership of the wet morning session to lay claim to the top time in the afternoon's dry but extremely windy QP at 1:49.842.
Four-time MMP winner Checa was less than a tenth back at 1:49.912 in what was a very good day for Ducati despite their distinct top speed deficit on the long Miller front straight. In addition to Smrz and Checa's 1-2, their teammates, Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing), and Sylvain Guintoli (Effenbert Liberty Racing) ran 5-6 in the session.
Sandwiched in between the Ducati duos were BMW Motorrad Motorsport's Marco Melandri and points leader and '10 MMP double winner Max Biaggi on the factory Aprilia RSV4.
Shock Donington winner Jonathan Rea was seventh with Biaggi's teammate, Eugene Laverty, rounding out the provisional second row.
Saturday saw an all-British Row 3, led by Saturday faller Tom Sykes down in an uncharacteristic ninth on the works Kawasaki. Team FIXI Crescent Suzuki's Leon Camier was tenth, followed by WSS champ Chaz Davies, and Melandri's teammate, Leon Haslam.
Saturday QP1 Times:
1. Smrz (Ducati) 1'49.842 average 160.824 kph
2. Checa (Ducati) 1'49.912
3. Melandri (BMW) 1'50.038
4. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'50.091
5. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'50.280
6. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'50.312
7. Rea (Honda) 1'50.358
8. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'50.428
9. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'50.433
10. Camier (Suzuki) 1'50.520
11. Davies (Aprilia) 1'50.561
12. Haslam (BMW) 1'50.730
13. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'50.877
14. Badovini (BMW) 1'51.042
15. Salom (Kawasaki) 1'51.055
16. Berger (Ducati) 1'51.070
17. Hopkins (Suzuki) 1'51.512
18. Canepa (Ducati) 1'51.590
19. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'52.002
20. Holden (BMW) 1'52.108
21. Mercado (Kawasaki) 1'52.288
22. Aoyama (Honda) 1'52.390
23. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'52.953
24. Turpin (Ducati) 1'54.994.
SPEED.com Motorcycle Racing Editor Chris Martin saw Eddie Lawson win aboard a Kawasaki the first time he attended an AMA Superbike race and witnessed Ben Bostrom win a World Superbike race aboard a V&H Ducati the first time he worked one. He has written about AMA SBK, WSBK, and MotoGP for SPEED.com since 2003. Chris is now on Twitter.
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