WSBK Phillip Island: The first Superpole of 2012 is canceled
Consternation on Phillip Island – very early this morning for the French: the Superpole event was canceled following a serious accident that occurred earlier in Australian Superbikes. The young pilot Oscar McIntyre unfortunately did not get up…
Consternation on Phillip Island – very early this morning for the French: the Superpole event was canceled following a serious accident that occurred earlier in Australian Superbikes. The young pilot Oscar McIntyre unfortunately did not get up…
A horrific collision between three Australian Superstock 600 championship drivers claimed the life of a young local driver, Oscar McIntyre, 17. The medical and then police teams successively took over the Phillip Island track, resulting in the postponement and then the cancellation of the first Superpole of the 25th season of World Superbike..
The order of the starting grid for the next two rounds in the World Superbike category is therefore determined by the results recorded during the two qualifying sessions: Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) inherits pole position and will start ahead of Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) and Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea).
Extremely swift on the Australian circuit – which he completed in 1’31.323 -, the Ninja n ° 66 will have to master his passion tomorrow in the race to beat the world champions 2010 and 2011. On the contrary, the n ° 7 and n ° 3 may need to take out the big attack to keep up with the high pace that Tom will certainly set at the start of the round…
Jakub Smrz (Ducati Effenbert Liberty) completes the first row on the grid, but will have to watch his colleague – our compatriot when the red lights go out! – Sylvain Guintoli, posted at the head of the second line at the controls of his own 1198.
The third member of the Czech team will not be very far: Maxime Berger dominates the 3rd row and will try to hang on to the – good – wagon placed just in front of him, composed of Leon Camier (Suzuki Crescent Fixi), Niccolo Canepa (Ducati Red Devils Roma) and Jonathan Rea (Honda WSBK)…
Behind our national n ° 121 are Michel Fabrizio (BMW Italia Goldbet) and two drivers physically impaired but excessively determined … Injured in the left hand during private testing on the same circuit a week ago, Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) was again the victim of a highside on Friday but expected to shine in Superpole today.
Passed on the pool table this Thursday (!) In order to receive two screws at the base of the right tibia, Leon Haslam (BMW) will try to grab a few points in the race starting from 12th place. The Englishman is ahead on the starting grid of his new teammate Marco Melandri, who still does not seem able to let go completely on his official S1000RR.
Davide Giugliano (Ducati Althea) and Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team), respectively 14th and 16th in qualifying, should also add to the spectacle in the peloton. On the other hand, this will not be the case for Chaz Davies – however 14th in Q2 (second qualifying session) – since the reigning Superport world champion broke his left radius during the same session … will reunite with Hopkins and Mercado in Imola !
Former Grand Prix star (250 cc) Hiroshi Aoyama would not have taken part in the Superpole event either since the Honda team rookie was only credited with the 17th best time at the end of the qualifying sessions. . He will therefore start from a distant 17th place on the grid next night..
The Japanese rider will be accompanied on the 5th row by the two Kawasaki of the Pedercini team: the n ° 67 of the first Australian Brian Staring (replacing the young holder Leandro Mercado) and the n ° 44 of David Salom. Ayrton Badovini, who we expected better placed on his Italian BMW, also ranks 5th.
Finally rookie Lorenzo Zanetti (Ducati Pata Racing) will start from 21st place ahead of two other Australians: Josh Brookes (John Hopkins replacement) on Suzuki Crescent n ° 25 and Mark Aitchison on his BMW Grillini Progea n ° 18. Rafaelle de Rosa will complete the 6th row riding his Fireblade, while the local David Johnson will post his BMW in the 25th and last position.
2012 WSBK Phillip Island Qualifying Ranking
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