2012 Misano WSBK QP2 Results: The Return Of Sykes

Submitted by Jared Earle on Sat, 2012-06-09 08:38

With few riders able to match their best times set yesterday for the first half of this qualifying session, it looked like finding a setup in today's conditions was tricky, but at the halfway mark, Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea lead the way to faster times, even if they were still over a second off Troy Corser's 2010 fastest lap of 1'35.001.

Then, the Ducatis, first Davide Giugliano, then Carlos Checa, rose to the top, and it took Sykes, who finally seems to have found a setting, to unseat them, finally going within a second of Corser's fastest lap with a 1'35.935 for provisional pole.

With the places for Superpole decided, another Tom Sykes pole position no longer seems unlikely.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	66	SYKES T	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'35.935
2	7	CHECA C	Ducati 1098R	1'36.098	0.163
3	34	GIUGLIANO D	Ducati 1098R	1'36.273	0.338
4	65	REA J	Honda CBR1000RR	1'36.315	0.380
5	91	HASLAM L	BMW S1000 RR	1'36.378	0.443
6	96	SMRZ J	Ducati 1098R	1'36.486	0.551
7	151	BAIOCCO M	Ducati 1098R	1'36.495	0.560
8	2	CAMIER L	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'36.623	0.688
9	50	GUINTOLI S	Ducati 1098R	1'36.648	0.713
10	3	BIAGGI M	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'36.703	0.768
11	58	LAVERTY E	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'36.714	0.779
12	87	ZANETTI L	Ducati 1098R	1'36.724	0.789
13	33	MELANDRI M	BMW S1000 RR	1'36.749	0.814
14	86	BADOVINI A	BMW S1000 RR	1'36.778	0.843
15	84	FABRIZIO M	BMW S1000 RR	1'36.820	0.885
16	76	BAZ L	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'36.854	0.919

17	121	BERGER M	Ducati 1098R	1'36.934	0.999
18	21	HOPKINS J	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'37.168	1.233
19	59	CANEPA N	Ducati 1098R	1'37.202	1.267
20	4	AOYAMA H	Honda CBR1000RR	1'37.250	1.315
21	19	DAVIES C	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'37.312	1.377
22	44	SALOM D	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'37.688	1.753
23	36	MERCADO L	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'38.674	2.739
24	23	SANDI F	BMW S1000 RR	1'40.251	4.316

Round Number:

2012

World Superbikes

Misano, Italy

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Comments

Funny

Doughnuts replied on Sat, 2012-06-09 09:18

It's funny how some think 1 practice session may mean you're falling out of contention for the title. Points aren't given out for practice or QP. Race day is what counts.


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