The track temperatures at Donington for the second and final free practice were much higher than this morning’s and once Tom Sykes was the fastest rider.
The British Kawasaki rider stoppd the clock in 1.
28.
330, almost four tenths of second faster and on used tires which puts him in position to take still another Superpole later this afternoon.
While Sykes was the only rider in QP2 to break the 1.
29 barrier, in FP2 four others were able to rider under the mark, Marco Melandri, an impressive Jonathan Rea who moved up to third and was just 0.
015s behind Melandri.
Eugene Laverty also moved up and finished ahead of team mate Sylvain Guintoli.
The Aprilia duo were 4th and 5th respectively.
Althea’s Davide Giugliano was 6th fastest and right behind the two factory Aprilia’s, while Leon Camier was unable to improve because he crashed out at turn 11 at the start of the session which dropped him to 7th, but he was still ahead of Loris Baz, Chaz Davies and Michel Fabrizio who closed out the top ten again, even if he improved four tenths of a second.
2013 WSBK Donington FP2 results:1.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′28.
3302.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1′28.
7213.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 1′28.
7364.
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′28.
8695.
Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′28.
9156.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′29.
0087.
Leon Camier (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′29.
2428.
Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′29.
2939.
Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1′29.
40010.
Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′29.
52211.
Carlos Checa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′29.
54912.
Ayrton Badovini (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′29.
63513.
Niccolò Canepa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′29.
65414.
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 1′29.
94315.
Jules Cluzel (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′29.
98916.
Max Neukirchner (MR-Racing) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′30.
06817.
Federico Sandi (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′31.
48518.
Alexander Lundh (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′31.
75819.
Vittorio Iannuzzo (Grillini Dentalmatic SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.
988
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