WSBK 2011: Checa signs the first pole of the season

Carlos Checa set the best time in the Superpole event last night at Phillip Island (Australia). The Spaniard and his 1198R beat Biaggi and his Aprilia, Guintoli and his Ducati, and Haslam and his BMW…

Carlos Checa set the best time in the Superpole event last night at Phillip Island (Australia). The Spaniard and his 1198R beat Biaggi and his Aprilia, Guintoli and his Ducati, and Haslam and his BMW…

Unbeatable – or almost – during the last official Australian tests (read), the n ° 7 of Team Ducati Althea was just as intractable during the practice sessions of the opening round of the World Superbike 2011. Carlos s ” seizes the Superpole with the manner: he sets a new official record at Phillip Island by completing the circuit in 1’30.882 !

Satisfied with his performance, Carlos Checa remains focused and expects the two races of tomorrow – tonight for us – to be hotly contested … Because a certain Max Biaggi has climbed to second place on the grid , signing a better time than Checa by just 13 thousandths !

Suddenly, the gap which separates Sylvain Guintoli (3rd fastest time) from the Roman Emperor is like a real chasm: 4 tenths. Hopefully on racing tires, the differences will be less important and that our Frenchie will be able to play for the win like last year.

The former Suzuki teammate of French n ° 50, Leon Haslam, took full advantage of his qualifying tires and placed his BMW S1000RR in the last place of the first row. Relatively unnoticed during the tests at the start of the week, the 2010 vice-champion carefully hid his game to better surprise his opponents ?

Rookie Eugene Laverty, on the other hand, made no secret of his lightning-quick adaptation this winter to the official Yamaha R1. It is therefore not a real surprise to find him at the head of the second row of the starting grid. He is ahead of the great specialists in Superbike qualifications, Jakub Smrz and Troy Corser, as well as his new teammate Marco Melandri, also a rookie in the discipline..

In third row is the "first" Suzuki: that of Michel Fabrizio prepared by Alstare, who will participate in the entire season unlike that of John Waters (11th), invited with the Gex Yoshimura on this opening round..

The first Kawasaki, driven by Tom Sykes, is in 10th place just ahead of the first Honda, led by the brave – because injured in the left wrist – Jonathan Rea. For his very first participation in a World Superbike event, our second compatriot Maxime Berger is ranked 19th in front of his "best enemy" Ayrton Badovini (Superstock 1000 champion last year).

Finally in Supersport, it’s David Salom and his Kawasaki who win ahead of Fabien Foret and his Honda Ten Kate. English champion Sam Lowes (Honda Parkalgar) and Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard) complete the first row. Finally Florian Marino, teammate – and compatriot! – de Foret, will start from 7th place for his first race at the highest level SSP.

2011 WSBK Phillip Island Superpole Ranking

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