eni FIM Superbike World Championship
Donington Park, England
May 22, 2015
Free Practice Three Results (all on Pirelli tires):
1. Tom SYKES, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:28.172
2. Davide GIUGLIANO, Italy (Ducati Panigale R), 1:28.283
3. Jonathan REA, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:28.483
4. Leon HASLAM, UK (Aprilia RSV4 RF), 1:28.516
5. Chaz DAVIES, UK (Ducati Panigale R), 1:28.542
6. Alex LOWES, UK (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:28.572
7. Ayrton BADOVINI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), 1:28.582
8. Michael VD MARK, Netherlands (Honda CBR1000RR SP), 1:28.748
9. Leon CAMIER, UK (MV Agusta F4), 1:28.756
10. Matteo BAIOCCO, Italy (Ducati Panigale R), 1:28.787
11. Jordi TORRES, Spain (Aprilia RSV4 RF), 1:29.006
12. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Honda CBR1000RR SP), 1:29.025
13. David SALOM, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:29.125
14. Randy DE PUNIET, France (Suzuki GSX-R1000), 1:29.247
15. Christophe PONSSON, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:29.743
16. Leandro MERCADO, Argentina (Ducati Panigale R), 1:29.806
17. Roman RAMOS, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:29.942
18. Nico TEROL, Spain (Ducati Panigale R), 1:30.104
19. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:30.329
20. Imre TOTH, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), 1:32.647
21. Santiago BARRAGÁN, Spain (Kawasaki ZX-10R), 1:32.683
22. Gabor RIZMAYER, Hungary (BMW S1000RR), 1:34.024
More, from a press release issued by Dorna WSBK Press Office:
Sykes in control despite close times at Donington
First day of action in UK decides top-20 riders for Round 6 Tissot-Superpole.
On a day that saw three 45-minute Free Practice sessions for the WorldSBK riders, the final one deciding the 20 riders qualified to tomorrow’s Tissot-Superpole sessions was the most intense as well. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) ended day one as the fastest rider to lap the 4.023km Donington Park circuit as the top-13 was covered by only 0.953s.
The official Kawasaki rider’s time of 1.28.172 was less than a tenth of a second from his own race lap record set in 2013 and kept the former champion 0.111s ahead of the opposition.
Davide Giugliano crashed his Aruba.it Racing Ducati SBK Team entry moments after moving into second place with three minutes to go, the Italian was able to stay ahead of Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) who finished third after also improving in the final session of the day.
Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) showed no ill effects of the rib injury from Imola, moving closer to the fastest time in fourth ahead of compatriots Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team) and Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) who were fifth and sixth, respectively.
Ayrton Badovini kept BMW Motorrad Italia in contention in seventh ahead of Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing Ducati).
WorldSBK rookie Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) just missed out on the top ten on his Donington debut day, ahead of Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), David Salom (Team Pedercini), Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) and the youngest rider on the grid Christophe Ponsson (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) who rounded out the top-15.
The final rider to make it into Tissot-Superpole was Santiago Barragan (Grillini SBK Team Kawasaki) who edged Imre Toth (BMW Team Toth) in the final half of FP3 to secure 20th despite an early crash at ‘Goddards’.