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WSBK: Sykes Strikes Up Superpole Win #5
Kawasaki's Tom Sykes notched up his fifth Superpole victory of the season today at Misano.
Kawasaki Racing Team's Tom Sykes (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.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was a clear winner in Tissot-Superpole at the eni FIM Superbike World Championship round at Misano, his fifth such success in 2012 thus far. His quickest lap time of 1 minute 35.375 seconds was the best of the weekend to date, with Sykes over 0.6 seconds faster than the next best rider, Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team). Sykes now has a career total of seven Superpole wins, putting him level with famous names in SBK racing like Regis Laconi and Noriyuki Haga.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Best) was a great third at his home round, while another local hero, Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) was fourth. Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati) went fifth on the grid; Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was sixth while top Aprilia rider was Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) in seventh. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati) crashed out when looking set for the second fastest time in Superpole two.
Tom Sykes: “I enjoy the watches, it’s something to aim for! Today we did a very good job, I can’t deny we’ve had a difficult weekend, it’s the first time all year we’ve had very hot conditions and low grip levels. We started off the weekend very slow, quite embarrassing to be honest. Today was a mixed bag for qualifying, but when the pressure was on my boys delivered and I was able to put a good lap together.”
Jonathan Rea: “I can’t grumble, that lap of Tom’s was incredible! For me, we achieved our first target to be on the front row, the guys are working hard on the bike for tomorrow’s race and I’m quite happy at a track that almost ended my season last year. To come back this year, qualify on the front row and to be quite strong makes me really happy.”
Ayrton Badovini: “I’m very happy because these are very difficult moments for me and my team. The result is very important because we want to work more to win the race. We have been good in the races, but not very fast in the single lap and so far this season third place in Superpole has been impossible.”
Matteo Baiocco (Barni Racing Team Italia) was a very impressive ninth fastest in his wild card run and Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) 11th. Top names like Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team), Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) did not get out of Superpole one and thus Biaggi starts Sunday’s races from the third row, with Melandri and Checa on the fourth. Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) was 14th and top Suzuki runner in Superpole.
Times: 1. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'35.375 average 159.513 kph; 2. Rea (Honda) 1'35.991; 3. Badovini (BMW) 1'36.083; 4. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'36.147; 5. Smrz (Ducati) 1'36.183; 6. Haslam (BMW) 1'36.283; 7. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'36.365; 8. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'36.559; 9. Baiocco (Ducati) 1'37.509; 10. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'37.686; 11. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'37.704; 12. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'37.796; 13. Melandri (BMW) 1'37.806; 14. Camier (Suzuki) 1'37.985; 15. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'38.078; 16. Checa (Ducati) 1'38.977; etc.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was a clear winner in Tissot-Superpole at the eni FIM Superbike World Championship round at Misano, his fifth such success in 2012 thus far. His quickest lap time of 1 minute 35.375 seconds was the best of the weekend to date, with Sykes over 0.6 seconds faster than the next best rider, Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team). Sykes now has a career total of seven Superpole wins, putting him level with famous names in SBK racing like Regis Laconi and Noriyuki Haga.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Best) was a great third at his home round, while another local hero, Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) was fourth. Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati) went fifth on the grid; Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was sixth while top Aprilia rider was Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) in seventh. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati) crashed out when looking set for the second fastest time in Superpole two.
Tom Sykes: “I enjoy the watches, it’s something to aim for! Today we did a very good job, I can’t deny we’ve had a difficult weekend, it’s the first time all year we’ve had very hot conditions and low grip levels. We started off the weekend very slow, quite embarrassing to be honest. Today was a mixed bag for qualifying, but when the pressure was on my boys delivered and I was able to put a good lap together.”
Jonathan Rea: “I can’t grumble, that lap of Tom’s was incredible! For me, we achieved our first target to be on the front row, the guys are working hard on the bike for tomorrow’s race and I’m quite happy at a track that almost ended my season last year. To come back this year, qualify on the front row and to be quite strong makes me really happy.”
Ayrton Badovini: “I’m very happy because these are very difficult moments for me and my team. The result is very important because we want to work more to win the race. We have been good in the races, but not very fast in the single lap and so far this season third place in Superpole has been impossible.”
Matteo Baiocco (Barni Racing Team Italia) was a very impressive ninth fastest in his wild card run and Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) 11th. Top names like Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team), Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) did not get out of Superpole one and thus Biaggi starts Sunday’s races from the third row, with Melandri and Checa on the fourth. Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) was 14th and top Suzuki runner in Superpole.
Times: 1. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'35.375 average 159.513 kph; 2. Rea (Honda) 1'35.991; 3. Badovini (BMW) 1'36.083; 4. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'36.147; 5. Smrz (Ducati) 1'36.183; 6. Haslam (BMW) 1'36.283; 7. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'36.365; 8. Guintoli (Ducati) 1'36.559; 9. Baiocco (Ducati) 1'37.509; 10. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'37.686; 11. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'37.704; 12. Fabrizio (BMW) 1'37.796; 13. Melandri (BMW) 1'37.806; 14. Camier (Suzuki) 1'37.985; 15. Zanetti (Ducati) 1'38.078; 16. Checa (Ducati) 1'38.977; etc.
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