2013 Jerez WSBK Test Day 1: Giugliano Fastest In Wet, Lowes Quickest WSS Man

Submitted by David Emmett on Tue, 2013-01-22 18:32
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The weather has not improved at Jerez for the full World Superbike and World Supersport test. Aprilia, Honda, Suzuki, BMW, Kawasaki and Yamaha have met with much the same weather as Ducati, who have just departed the circuit after a three-day test of their own. It rained on and off for most of the day, leaving the track soaked despite the odd sunny spell. The tricky weather conditions rendered the times meaningless, though all of the teams got plenty of work done shaking down a host of new parts.

Althea Aprilia's Davide Giugliano ended the day on top, the young Italian making a good transition to the Aprilia, after having ridden the Ducati for the past two years. Marco Melandri was second, the only man to get within a second of Giugliano, and benefiting from an extra day of testing on Monday, riding his BMW in among the Ducatis. Sylvain Guintoli set the 3rd fastest time, but the Frenchman was nearly two-and-a-half seconds slower than Giugliano.

In the World Supersport class, Sam Lowes made an impressive start on the Yamaha R6, beating the 2nd place man Jack Kennedy by over three quarters of a second, and going fast enough to beat a number of the WSBK men. Kennedy's time is promising, the young Irishman making the switch to World Supersport for 2013, after ending as runner-up in the BSB Supersport championship last season. Reigning champion Kenan Sofuoglu was 3rd fastest aboard the Kawasaki.

World Superbike times:

Pos No Rider Bike Class Time Diff Previous
1 34 Davide Giugliano Aprilia RSV4 WSBK 1:50.531    
2 33 Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR WSBK 1:50.950 0.419 0.419
3 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia RSV4 WSBK 1:52.909 2.378 1.959
4 2 Leon Camier Suzuki GSXR-1000 WSBK 1:53.285 2.754 0.376
5 58 Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 WSBK 1:53.410 2.879 0.125
6 19 Chaz Davies BMW S1000RR WSBK 1:54.084 3.553 0.674
7 16 Jules Cluzel Suzuki GSXR-1000 WSBK 1:54.168 3.637 0.084
8 91 Leon Haslam Honda CBR1000RR WSBK 1:54.548 4.017 0.380
9 65 Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR WSBK 1:54.907 4.376 0.359
10 18 Ivan Clementi BMW S1000RR WSBK 1:56.029 5.498 1.122
11 44 Christoffer Bergman Kawasaki ZX-10R Superstock 1000 1:56.563 6.032 0.534

No times for the Kawasaki team of Tom Sykes and Loriz Baz, as they elected to ride without transponders.

 

World Supersport times:

Pos No Rider Bike Class Time Diff Previous
1 11 Sam Lowes Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:54.067    
2 4 Jack Kennedy Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:54.830 0.763 0.763
3 1 Kenan Sofuoglu Kawasaki ZX-6R WSS 1:54.980 0.913 0.150
4 55 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:55.625 1.558 0.645
5 65 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:55.812 1.745 0.187
6 60 Michael van der Mark Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:55.848 1.781 0.036
7 44 David Salom Kawasaki ZX-6R WSS 1:55.946 1.879 0.098
8 41 Federico D'Annunzio Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:56.140 2.073 0.194
9 26 Lorenzo Zanetti Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:56.883 2.816 0.743
10 14 Gabor Talmacsi Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:56.944 2.877 0.061
11 13 Dino Lombardi Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:57.913 3.846 0.969
12 32 Luca Savadori Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:59.857 5.790 1.944
13 99 Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R WSS 2:05.821 11.754 5.964
14 59 Alex Schacht Honda CBR600RR WSS 2:07.109 13.042 1.288

 

Combined Times:

Pos No Rider Bike Class Time Diff Previous
1 34 Davide Giugliano Aprilia RSV4 WSBK 1:50.531    
2 33 Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR WSBK 1:50.950 0.419 0.419
3 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia RSV4 WSBK 1:52.909 2.378 1.959
4 2 Leon Camier Suzuki GSXR-1000 WSBK 1:53.285 2.754 0.376
5 58 Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 WSBK 1:53.410 2.879 0.125
6 11 Sam Lowes Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:54.067 3.536 0.657
7 19 Chaz Davies BMW S1000RR WSBK 1:54.084 3.553 0.017
8 16 Jules Cluzel Suzuki GSXR-1000 WSBK 1:54.168 3.637 0.084
9 91 Leon Haslam Honda CBR1000RR WSBK 1:54.548 4.017 0.380
10 4 Jack Kennedy Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:54.830 4.299 0.282
11 65 Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR WSBK 1:54.907 4.376 0.077
12 1 Kenan Sofuoglu Kawasaki ZX-6R WSS 1:54.980 4.449 0.073
13 55 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:55.625 5.094 0.645
14 65 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:55.812 5.281 0.187
15 60 Michael van der Mark Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:55.848 5.317 0.036
16 44 David Salom Kawasaki ZX-6R WSS 1:55.946 5.415 0.098
17 18 Ivan Clementi BMW S1000RR WSBK 1:56.029 5.498 0.083
18 41 Federico D'Annunzio Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:56.140 5.609 0.111
19 44 Christoffer Bergman Kawasaki ZX-10R Superstock 1000 1:56.563 6.032 0.423
20 26 Lorenzo Zanetti Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:56.883 6.352 0.320
21 14 Gabor Talmacsi Honda CBR600RR WSS 1:56.944 6.413 0.061
22 13 Dino Lombardi Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:57.913 7.382 0.969
23 32 Luca Savadori Yamaha YZF-R6 WSS 1:59.857 9.326 1.944
24 99 Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R WSS 2:05.821 15.290 5.964
25 59 Alex Schacht Honda CBR600RR WSS 2:07.109 16.578 1.288

 

Times courtesy of Andy Walker and Speedweek.

 

2013
The weather has not improved at Jerez for the full World Superbike and World Supersport test. Aprilia, Honda, Suzuki, BMW, Kawasaki and Yamaha have met with much the same weather as Ducati, who have just departed the circuit after a three-day test of their own. It rained on and off for most of the day, leaving the track soaked despite the odd sunny spell. The tricky weather conditions rendered the times meaningless, though all of the teams got plenty of work done shaking down a host of new parts.Althea Aprilia's Davide Giugliano ended the day on top, the young Italian making a good transition to the Aprilia, after having ridden the Ducati for the past two years. Marco Melandri was second, the only man to get within a second of Giugliano, and benefiting from an extra day of testing on Monday, riding his BMW in among the Ducatis. Sylvain Guintoli set the 3rd fastest time, but the Frenchman was nearly two-and-a-half seconds slower than Giugliano.

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