2010 Imola WSBK FP1 Result - The Althea Ducatis Take Charge

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2010-09-24 11:50

The Althea Ducati combination Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne kicked off the Imola World Superbike round by controlling the top of the timesheets for most of the first session of free practice for the World Superbike class. Only a brief interruption by Kawasaki's Tom Sykes kept Checa and Byrne from dominating. Xerox Ducati's Michel Fabrizio made it a Ducati 1-2-3, while Ten Kate's Johnny Rea put his Hannspree Honda into 4th. The first blow in the title race was struck by Max Biaggi, who went 0.13 seconds faster than the only man who can stop him from winning his first WSBK crown, Leon Haslam. But with Biaggi in 9th and Haslam in 11th, both the Aprilia and Suzuki man have plenty of work to do.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	7	C. Checa	Ducati 1098R	1'49.070
2	67	S. Byrne	Ducati 1098R	1'49.155	0.085
3	84	M. Fabrizio	Ducati 1098R	1'49.364	0.294
4	65	J. Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	1'49.434	0.364
5	66	T. Sykes	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'49.554	0.484
6	35	C. Crutchlow	Yamaha YZF R1	1'49.608	0.538
7	111	R. Xaus	BMW S1000 RR	1'49.674	0.604
8	57	L. Lanzi	Ducati 1098R	1'49.829	0.759
9	3	M. Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'49.846	0.776
10	41	N. Haga	Ducati 1098R	1'49.865	0.795
11	91	L. Haslam	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'49.964	0.894
12	11	T. Corser	BMW S1000 RR	1'50.179	1.109
13	50	S. Guintoli	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'50.189	1.119
14	52	J. Toseland	Yamaha YZF R1	1'50.282	1.212
15	99	L. Scassa	Ducati 1098R	1'50.709	1.639
16	76	M. Neukirchner	Honda CBR1000RR	1'50.794	1.724
17	96	J. Smrz	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'51.006	1.936
18	90	F. Sandi	Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.	1'52.605	3.535
19	33	F. Lai	Honda CBR1000RR	1'53.015	3.945
20	95	R. Hayden	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'53.022	3.952
21	15	M. Baiocco	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'53.537	4.467
22	5	I. Lowry	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'54.094	5.024