After Friday’s dominating and clean sweep by Tom Sykes at Silverstone, ahead of the ninth round of 2013 World Superbike championship, the second and final qualifying session saw the rest of the field able to cut the massive gap that separated them from the Kawasaki rider.
Sykes was still the overall leader on the combined timesheets, but he was unable to improve his yesterday’s blistering lap time, and his best lap this morning left him in 6th, as Leon Camier turned out to be the fastest rider in QP2 as he was just 0.
028s from his fellow countryman’s Friday’s benchmarkSylvain Guintoli’s shoulder injury (he dislocated it in a cycling accident) is giving him more pain at the English circuit due to the layout – and he is now considering surgery – was second quickest just ahead of his team mate Eugene Laverty.
Althea’s Davide Giugliano and Pata Honda’s Jonathan Rea were fourth and fifth respectively, and separated by a mere 0.
025s.
Loris Baz took the eighth spot and the laster rider to break the 2.
06 barrier, while Jules Cluzel and Carlos Checa (who had grear issues on Friday) and Chaz Davies closed out the top ten Marco Melandri is having chattering issue and has complained about surface conditions was 11th, as Michel Fabrizio, Ayrton Badovini and Max Neukirchner also qualified for the Superpole, while replacement rider Mark Aitchison, Federico Sandi and Vittorio Iannuzzo didn’t make the cut.
2013 WSBK Silverstone QP1 and QP2 combined results: 1.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′05.
3552.
Leon Camier (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2′05.
3833.
Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′05.
5694.
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′05.
5925.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′05.
7506.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 2′05.
7757.
Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′05.
9838.
Jules Cluzel (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2′06.
0159.
Carlos Checa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 2′06.
03610.
Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2′06.
05711.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2′06.
28312.
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 2′06.
34413.
Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′06.
47114.
Ayrton Badovini (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 2′06.
73515.
Max Neukirchner (MR-Racing) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 2′06.
84316.
Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′07.
74317.
Federico Sandi (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′08.
10618.
Vittorio Iannuzzo (Grillini Dentalmatic SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2′09.
543
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