2018 Philip Island World Supersport FP1 Results: Mahias Starts Title Defence On Top

Submitted by Jared Earle on Fri, 2018-02-23 00:58

Reigning World Supersport champion Lucas Mahias started his title defense at the top of the first practice session, ahead of three other Yamahas, the returning Randy Krummenacher, former Moto 2 rider and first ever Moto 3 world champion Sandro Cortese and Federico Caricasulo. Kawasaki's Kenan Sofuoglu was the quickest non-Yamaha in fifth place.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap	Speed
1	144	L. MAHIAS	Yamaha YZF R6	1'33.103		271,4
2	21	R. KRUMMENACHER	Yamaha YZF R6	1'33.503	0.400	272,7
3	11	S. CORTESE	Yamaha YZF R6	1'33.563	0.460	274,1
4	64	F. CARICASULO	Yamaha YZF R6	1'33.827	0.724	266,0
5	54	K. SOFUOGLU	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'33.904	0.801	272,7
6	3	R. DE ROSA	MV Agusta F3 675	1'34.020	0.917	275,5
7	13	A. WEST	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'34.154	1.051	274,8
8	16	J. CLUZEL	Yamaha YZF R6	1'34.219	1.116	275,5
9	81	L. STAPLEFORD	Triumph Daytona 675	1'34.225	1.122	268,0
10	111	K. SMITH	Honda CBR600RR	1'34.446	1.343	270,7
11	66	N. TUULI	Honda CBR600RR	1'34.895	1.792	271,4
12	86	A. BADOVINI	MV Agusta F3 675	1'34.993	1.890	270,7
13	65	M. CANDUCCI	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'35.038	1.935	274,8
14	36	T. GRADINGER	Yamaha YZF R6	1'35.044	1.941	272,7
15	78	H. OKUBO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'35.079	1.976	275,5
16	84	L. CRESSON	Yamaha YZF R6	1'35.487	2.384	278,4
17	7	T. TOPARIS	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'35.879	2.776	272,7
18	94	M. DI MEGLIO	Yamaha YZF R6	1'36.077	2.974	270,7
19	83	L. EPIS	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'36.402	3.299	269,3
20	38	H. SOOMER	Honda CBR600RR	1'36.694	3.591	269,3
21	74	J. VAN SIKKELERUS	Honda CBR600RR	1'36.756	3.653	262,8
22	10	N. CALERO	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'36.847	3.744	266,0
23	35	S. HILL	Triumph Daytona 675	1'36.864	3.761	259,6