WSBK tests in Aragon: Kawasaki win extra time
Pushed to the fault by Jonathan Rea at the very end of the first WSBK round in Aragon on Saturday, Chaz Davies had taken his revenge the next day by winning his first victory of the season. But yesterday the Kawasaki got the upper hand in official tests…
Ill all last weekend, Tom Sykes struggled – and took advantage of Davies’ downfall – to get on the podium from La to Aragon and had to settle for fourth place the next day in the Spanish…
But "Major Tom" was visibly a little better this Monday … and a little faster too suddenly: with the stomach less disturbed than the day before, the Ninja n ° 66 signed the best time of the official tests which took place on the same Aragonese track: 1’49.368.
An excellent time on racing rubber – and not qualifying – to be compared to the lap record of the first round set by his teammate and winner of the event Jonathan Rea – "who else? -: 1’50.597 achieved with temperatures so cooler and a much stronger wind.
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On Monday, it was the turn of the two-time world champion – and wide leader of the 2017 championship – to complain of a nasty cold which restricted him to 42 laps against 70 for Sykes, 94 for Davies and 103 for Torres ! Rea still managed to finish second in the tests, 2 hundredths behind his box neighbor !
Flamboyant Sunday afternoon, Chaz Davies completes the "podium" of these extensions. Ready to test from 8:30 in the morning and "last guy to return to the pits", the "red dragon" is delighted to have tested and validated the single-sided arm already used by Melandri and a whole slew of developments (electronics and suspensions).
For his part, Marco was undoubtedly a little too motivated since he crashed heavily at the end of the morning in the second corner! "After that I had quite a sore chest and throat", specifies the famous n ° 33. Auscultated by the circuit doctors, Melandri would not have broken anything and should be fully recovered within a week. Mamma mia…
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Fifth of the two 2017 WSBK rounds in Aragon, Michael van den Mark progressed by one place in the tests but finished far from the leading three: half a second separates No.60 Yamaha and No.7 Ducati. His teammate Alex Lowes turned three tenths slower and is in sixth place.
Between the two Yamaha officials stands Eugene Laverty of the Aprilia Milwaukee team. Beaten in the race by Leandro Mercado on his RSV4 prepared by the private team Barni, the Irish driver was much faster at the controls of his factory RSV4 during this day of testing. To be confirmed in the race, in three weeks at Assen !
Four drivers are then held in just two tenths of a second: Stefan Bradl on his young Fireblade, Jordi Torres on his stormy S1000RR, Nicky Hayden on the second CBR1000RR SP2 and Xavi Fores on his Panigale…
Note that our French pilot Jeremy Guarnoni took advantage of the opening of the track to perform two "runs" on the handlebars of his Superstock ZX-10R. Sixth in the first STK1000 race of the year, he finished – very – last two seconds behind the Top 15 SBK !
Official WSBK Aragon test times – Monday April 4, 2017
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