WSBK Donington Park: Ninja # 66 strikes again
Sykes set a new lap record, this time at his home in Donington Park. Tom and his Kawasaki ZX-10R are ahead of the two official BMW riders Haslam and Melandri. Biaggi completes the first row, Guintoli is 5th !
Sykes set a new lap record, this time at his home in Donington Park. Tom and his Kawasaki ZX-10R are ahead of the two official BMW riders Haslam and Melandri. Biaggi completes the first row, Guintoli is 5th !
It’s still a shame: we had to wait for the World Superbike to cross the Channel to find the sun and a Superpole event in the dry, in three sessions therefore !
To participate in the final phase of qualifying – the famous Superpole – you had to beat the time of Hiroshi Aoyama, 17th at the end of the qualifying sessions. But Loris Baz, rookie that he is (read) almost achieved this small feat!
Thus, Joan Lascorz’s replacement was only two tenths behind the Honda Fireblade n ° 4 … Our young "Bazooka" and his Ninja n ° 76 will therefore start tomorrow from 18th place, ahead of Peter Hickman’s GSX-R ( replacing at short notice a Hopkins with a broken foot) and Lorenzo Zanetti’s 1198.
In the last row will be the private BMW of the Australian Aitchison and the two Kawa ‘of the Pedercini team driven by Leandro Mercado and by David Salom’s replacement, the Englishman Gary Mason (215 British Superbike starts to his credit!)
Eliminated in the first phase of Superpole (SP1), our second national representative will not have an easy task during the two races on Sunday: Maxime Berger will start behind two other Ducatis led by the fiery Davide Giugliano and the experienced Niccolo Canepa.
Our dear n ° 121 will also be put under pressure by one of the many local drivers: Chaz Davies will do anything to quit his distant 16th place on the grid. The reigning Supersport world champion will be armed for this with his RSV4 Parkingo…
On Aprilia also, but official this one, Eugene Laverty will also have to be offensive from the first laps to hook the right car in the race. The n ° 58 will find on its way the BMW 200% Italian of Michel Fabrizio and Ayrton Badovini, as well as a certain Ducati n ° 7.
At the head of the third row, Carlos Checa is certainly not out of the game. The 2011 world champion knows the English route perfectly – he has been alongside it for 20 years – and has a formidable 1198 in the race because it is more "tender. "with tires than 4-cylinders…
Unlike the Spaniard, Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli had access to the final phase of Superpole. Best time at the end of the qualifying sessions, the Czech signed the worst time in SP3 and will be positioned at the bottom of second row.
The Frenchman – or "Frenchie" since he has lived near Donington for several years! – is doing much better: 5th fastest time in the Superpole, Syl ‘will start ahead of the "English" Jonathan Rea (Honda WSBK) and Leon Camier (Suzuki Crescent Fixi).
In the first row are two Italians: Max Biaggi and his RSV4 n ° 3 in 4th place, behind Marco Melandri and his S1000RR n ° 33. The BMW team can rejoice as Leon Haslam will occupy the 2nd place on the grid tomorrow … Will the Munich "Double R" finally obtain its first World Superbike success tomorrow ?!
For that, he will have to beat Tom Sykes, quadruple "Poleman" in only five rounds! By turning in 1 ‘27.716, the Kawasaki rider sets a new absolute record for the Midlands track in the Superbike category. It’s a safe bet that Carlos Checa’s lap record won’t last long either..
Because after his half-victory at Monza six days ago, the English Ninja will be keen to win his first dry victory in the SBK World Cup tomorrow, in front of his home crowd … Or even his first double ?! Answer tomorrow in quasi-direct on Moto-Nte.Com: "stay tuned" !
2012 Donington Park WSBK Superpole Results
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