2012 Phillip Island Test Day 2 WSS Times: Parkes Heads The Kawasakis

Submitted by David Emmett on Tue, 2012-02-21 10:47

Broc Parkes leaves the Phillip Island World Supersport test on top of the timesheets. The Ten Kate Honda rider set the fastest time in the last session of the final test ahead of the WSS season opener at Phillip Island, which kicks off on Friday, just edging the Kawasakis of Kenan Sofuoglu and Fabien Foret, who had been fastest on Monday. The Hondas found a little more on the second day of the test, with PTR Honda's Sam Lowes heading the morning session, before slipping back to 4th in the afternoon, still less than a tenth behind the two Kawasakis, but over a third of a second behind the Ten Kate bike of Parkes.

Ex-Moto2 rider Jules Cluzel made a strong debut in the class, ending the test in 5th on his first ride out on a Supersport machine, and taking 2 seconds off his fastest lap over the course of the two-day test. Vittorio Iannuzzo was the last man inside a second of Parkes, the Triumph rider just over three quarters of a second back from the leader.

Official times after both days of the test for the World Supersport class:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Previous
1	23	B. PARKES	Honda CBR600RR	1:34.585
2	54	K. SOFUOGLU	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:34.604	0.019	0.019
3	99	F. FORET	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:34.866	0.281	0.262
4	11	S. LOWES	Honda CBR600RR	1:34.957	0.372	0.091
5	16	J. CLUZEL	Honda CBR600RR	1:35.131	0.546	0.174
6	31	V. IANNUZZO	Triumph Daytona 675	1:35.362	0.777	0.231
7	32	S. MORAIS	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:35.701	1.116	0.339
8	34	R. QUARMBY	Honda CBR600RR	1:35.824	1.239	0.123
9	38	B. NEMETH	Honda CBR600RR	1:35.873	1.288	0.049
10	19	P. SZKOPEK	Honda CBR600RR	1:36.009	1.424	0.136
11	25	A. BALDOLINI	Triumph Daytona 675	1:36.085	1.500	0.076
12	20	M. SCHOLTZ	Honda CBR600RR	1:36.217	1.632	0.132
13	65	V. LEONOV	Yamaha YZF R6	1:36.256	1.671	0.039
14	10	I. TOTH	Honda CBR600RR	1:36.410	1.825	0.154
15	52	L. PESEK	Honda CBR600RR	1:36.439	1.854	0.029
16	55	M. ROCCOLI	Yamaha YZF R6	1:36.513	1.928	0.074
17	22	R. TAMBURINI	Honda CBR600RR	1:36.559	1.974	0.046
18	3	J. METCHER	Yamaha YZF R6	1:36.798	2.213	0.239
19	69	O. JEZEK	Honda CBR600RR	1:36.832	2.247	0.034
20	64	J. DAY	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:36.985	2.400	0.153
21	40	M. JESSOPP	Honda CBR600RR	1:37.140	2.555	0.155
22	87	L. MARCONI	Yamaha YZF R6	1:37.146	2.561	0.006
23	98	R. LANUSSE	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1:37.679	3.094	0.533
24	61	F. MENGHI	Yamaha YZF R6	1:37.703	3.118	0.024
25	13	D. LOMBARDI	Yamaha YZF R6	1:38.057	3.472	0.354
26	8	A. ANTONELLI	Honda CBR600RR	1:39.507	4.922	1.450
27	27	T. CAIANI	Honda CBR600RR	1:39.856	5.271	0.349
28	33	Y. POLZER	Yamaha YZF R6	1:39.938	5.353	0.082