2011 Brno World Superbike FP1 Result: Smrz Takes First Blood At Home

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2011-07-08 10:40

Local boy Jakub Smrz has struck the first blow at his home round of World Superbikes at Brno, the Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider topping the timesheets in the first session of free practice. Aprilia's Max Biaggi set the 2nd fastest time, after swapping places with Yamaha's Marco Melandri and Suzuki's Michel Fabrizio throughout much of the session, the two Italians ending in 3rd and 4th respectively. Smrz' teammate Sylvain Guintoli took 5th, ahead of the second Aprilia of Leon Camier and the Althea Ducati of championship leader Carlos Checa.

The 3 Ducatis in the top 7 will give Checa hope of limiting the damage in Sunday's races, at a track where horsepower is crucial, giving an expected advantage to the four cylinders, especially to his main rival Max Biaggi.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	96	J. SMRZ	Ducati 1098R	2'00.200
2	1	M. BIAGGI	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	2'00.371	0.171
3	33	M. MELANDRI	Yamaha YZF R1	2'00.515	0.315
4	84	M. FABRIZIO	Suzuki GSX-R1000	2'00.525	0.325
5	50	S. GUINTOLI	Ducati 1098R	2'00.808	0.608
6	2	L. CAMIER	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	2'00.922	0.722
7	7	C. CHECA	Ducati 1098R	2'00.977	0.777
8	91	L. HASLAM	BMW S1000 RR	2'01.200	1.000
9	66	T. SYKES	Kawasaki ZX-10R	2'01.296	1.096
10	58	E. LAVERTY	Yamaha YZF R1	2'01.348	1.148
11	111	R. XAUS	Honda CBR1000RR	2'01.504	1.304
12	41	N. HAGA	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	2'01.699	1.499
13	86	A. BADOVINI	BMW S1000 RR	2'01.708	1.508
14	17	J. LASCORZ	Kawasaki ZX-10R	2'01.750	1.550
15	44	R. ROLFO	Kawasaki ZX-10R	2'01.795	1.595
16	121	M. BERGER	Ducati 1098R	2'02.034	1.834
17	8	M. AITCHISON	Kawasaki ZX-10R	2'02.454	2.254
18	52	J. TOSELAND	BMW S1000 RR	2'02.599	2.399
19	22	A. LOWES	Honda CBR1000RR	2'02.951	2.751
20	15	M. BAIOCCO	Ducati 1098R	2'03.441	3.241
21	13	V. KISPATAKI	Honda CBR1000RR	2'04.629	4.429
	77	C. VERMEULEN	Kawasaki ZX-10R