Fabrizio gets his BMW flying in
first Monza qualifying session
Monza
(Italy), Friday 4 May 2012 –
Michel Fabrizio (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) led home a BMW 1-2-3 at Monza in
the first qualifying session, thanks to a 1 minute 42.325 second lap set with
only three minutes of the session remaining. He had earlier equalled the best
top speed in SBK history when he clocked 334.8 km/h down the main straight.
Another Italian, Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was second fastest and
Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) third.
The Friday reign of the S1000RR at
the fastest circuit on the calendar was only challenged by the Aprilia Racing
bike of Eugene Laverty, who was fourth in the overall rankings. BMW Motorrad
Italia Gold Bet rider Ayrton Badovini posted the fifth best lap time, one place
up on Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). Local great Max Biaggi went seventh for
Aprilia Racing, while the third Aprilia in the field in 2012, the ParkinGO MTC
Aprilia of Chaz Davies, ended up in eighth place, making him the last rider to
lap within a second of the top spot.
Michel Fabrizio is shown on the #84 BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet machine during day one activities at Monza on Friday, May 4, 2012, where he led all chargers at the end of first round qualifying. Photo courtesy of the SBK World Championship.
As expected the Ducati riders found themselves outgunned at this particular circuit with 2011 champion Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) only ninth and his team-mate Davide Giugliano tenth.
Marco Melandri on the #33 BMW Motorrad Motorsport and Max Biaggi on the #3 Aprilia Racing Team are shown during day one on-track activities at Monza on Friday, May 4, 2012. Photo courtesy of the SBK World Championship.
Jonathan
Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) was top Honda rider in 11th and both
Crescent Fixi Suzuki men, John Hopkins and Leon Camier, followed him on the
opening day timesheets. Assen race winner Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati Team
Effenbert Liberty Racing) was 15th on the first day at
Monza.
Times: 1.
Fabrizio M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.327; 2. Melandri M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.380; 3. Haslam L. (GBR) BMW S1000 RR 1'42.523; 4.
Laverty E. (IRL) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'42.625; 5. Badovini A. (ITA) BMW S1000
RR 1'42.690; 6. Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'42.794; 7. Biaggi M. (ITA)
Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'42.844; 8. Davies C. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'43.228;
9. Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'43.393; 10. Giugliano D. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'43.408; 11. Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.410; 12. Hopkins J. (USA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'43.576;
13. Camier L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'43.837; 14. Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki
ZX-10R 1'43.943; 15. Guintoli S. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'44.042; 16. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'44.057;
etc.
World
Supersport
Sam
Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) left it until the very last opportunity to record a
lap time that gives him provisional pole after the first qualifying session at
Monza. His lap time of 1 minute 47.601 seconds equalled – to the same
1/1000th of a second - the track best, originally set by Eugene
Laverty in 2010. Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) got to within
0.437 seconds of the previous best lap at Monza as he took the second fastest
lap of the first qualifying session. A strong day of work for the Kawasaki
riders behind Lowes put Sheridan Morais (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) and Fabien
Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) third and fourth respectively, while wild card
rider Stefano Cruciani (Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia) was an impressive fifth
against the series regulars.
Sam Lowes on the #11 Bogdanka PTR Honda CBR600RR headed up the leaderboard in day one qualifying in the World Supersport Championship. Photo courtesy of the SBK World Championship.
Superstock 1000
Sylvain
Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) set the provisional pole time at Monza,
very close to the track best, with a 1 minute 46.340 that kept him ahead of
Lorenzo Savadori (Barni Racing Team Italia). Barrier’s team-mate Lorenzo Baroni
(BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) pushed his way to third, one place ahead of
Savadori’s team mate Eddi La Marra (Barni Racing). A late charge from Bryan
Staring (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) made him the top ZX-10R rider on display,
fifth, with Christoffer Bergman (BWG Racing Kawasaki) right behind. Barrier was
injured in a fall during the session and was declared unfit but he will go under
medical review in the morning.
Times: 1. Barrier
S. (FRA) BMW S1000 RR 1'46.340; 2. Savadori
L. (ITA) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'46.776; 3. Baroni L. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR
1'46.917; 4. La Marra E. (ITA) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'46.973; 5. Staring B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.237; 6.
Bergman C. (SWE) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.342; 7. Reiterberger M. (GER) BMW S1000 RR
1'47.792; 8. Lussiana M. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.814
Superstock 600
Riccardo
Russo (Team Italia FMI Yamaha)
and his team-mate Luca Vitali stormed to the top of the first qualifying session
at Monza, ahead of lap record holder Nacho Calero Perez (Team Trasimeno Yamaha).
On a good day for R6 riders Franco Morbidelli (RCGM Team Yamaha) put himself
fourth in a session that was red flagged and had to be restarted to complete the
final six minutes of qualifying time. The first Honda rider home in the opening
qualifying session was top all-round competitor Michael Vd Mark
(EAB Ten Kate Junior Team Honda). Tony Covena (Team GOELEVEN Kawasaki) proved to
be the top Kawasaki rider on show, seventh and 0.6 seconds behind the lead at
this early stage.
Times: 1. Russo
R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.356; 2. Vitali
L. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.410; 3. Calero Perez N. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6
1'51.529; 4. Morbidelli F. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.750; 5. Vd Mark M. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 1'51.964; 6.
Duwelz G. (BEL) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.991; 7. Covena T. (NED) Kawasaki ZX-6R
1'52.006; 8. Chesaux B. (SUI) Honda CBR600RR 1'52.131; etc.
European Junior Cup
Adrian
Pasek took the honours in the first outing for the European Junior Cup class
riders, a category in which all the riders are on identical KTM Duke 690
single-cylinder machines. Joshua Harland from the UK posted second and like
Pasek his was a result taken very near the end of the session. Previous leading
rider Jean-Francois Demoulin, from France, was third. Lukas Wimmer from Austria
went to fourth in the first session, with the top five rounded out by Spanish
competitor Javier Orellana. Kevin Chili, son of SBK legend Pierfrancesco Chili,
was placed sixth.
For further information:
Valentina
Conti
SBK Press Office
Cell. +39 388 3032059
Email: valentina.conti@infrontsports.com
SBK Press Office
Cell. +39 388 3032059
Email: valentina.conti@infrontsports.com
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