WSBK Misano: Cal Crutchlow on Top in QP1

Warmer temperatures saw lap times drop during this afternoon’s QP1 at Misano with Cal Crutchlow topping the timesheets with a best lap of 1.
36.
288m on par with his Misano test times.
Troy Corser continues his good form, he was second and a mere 0.

056s from Cruthlow’s QP1 lap, despite a crash half way through the session.

Leon Haslam completed the top three again and he finished just 0.
077s from Crutchlow while Michel Fabrizio took fourth in front of privateer Ducati rider Carlos Checa.

Championship leader Max Biaggi made a big jump forward finishing in sixth, but he was a little more than half a second slower that the Sterilgarda Yamaha rider, while Shane Byrne took seventh and Luca Scassa dropped to 8th, but he was faster than Leon Camier on the factory Aprila and James Toseland on the other factory Yamaha.
Noriyuki Haga took a enormous step backwards and finished in 13th, while Jonathan Rea was 16th and wishing he tested at Misano instead of Assen.
Corser wasn’t the only rider to fall, unlucky Chris Vermeulen, Lorenzo Lanzi and James Toseland also had their first day at Misano hampered by falls, but luckily no one was injured.

WSBK Misano QP2 Results:01- Cal Crutchlow – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – 1′36.
28802- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
05603- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
07704- Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
26105- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
47306- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
50507- Shane Byrne – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
53108- Luca Scassa – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
65809- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
76010- James Toseland – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.
83611- Jakub Smrz – Team Pata B&G Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
90112- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
02613- Noriyuki Haga – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
13214- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 1.
15615- Ruben Xaus – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
17316- Jonathan Rea – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
48117- Lorenzo Lanzi – DFX Corse – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
65918- Max Neukirchner – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
78019- Chris Vermeulen – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 2.
47220- Broc Parkes – ECHO CRS Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.
51221- Matteo Baiocco – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 2.
60422- Roger Hayden – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 2.
79023- Federico Sandi – Gabrielli Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 2.
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