Submitted by David Emmett on
Results of the second session of qualifying for the World Superbike class at Donington:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff |
1 | 1 | M. BIAGGI | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'28.794 | |
2 | 33 | M. MELANDRI | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'28.841 | 0.047 |
3 | 7 | C. CHECA | Ducati 1098R | 1'29.194 | 0.400 |
4 | 58 | E. LAVERTY | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'29.379 | 0.585 |
5 | 96 | J. SMRZ | Ducati 1098R | 1'29.397 | 0.603 |
6 | 4 | J. REA | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'29.438 | 0.644 |
7 | 91 | L. HASLAM | BMW S1000 RR | 1'29.472 | 0.678 |
8 | 11 | T. CORSER | BMW S1000 RR | 1'29.476 | 0.682 |
9 | 66 | T. SYKES | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'29.580 | 0.786 |
10 | 121 | M. BERGER | Ducati 1098R | 1'29.588 | 0.794 |
11 | 2 | L. CAMIER | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'29.612 | 0.818 |
12 | 111 | R. XAUS | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'29.613 | 0.819 |
13 | 17 | J. LASCORZ | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'29.637 | 0.843 |
14 | 41 | N. HAGA | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'29.782 | 0.988 |
15 | 84 | M. FABRIZIO | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'29.843 | 1.049 |
16 | 50 | S. GUINTOLI | Ducati 1098R | 1'30.008 | 1.214 |
17 | 86 | A. BADOVINI | BMW S1000 RR | 1'30.169 | 1.375 |
18 | 44 | R. ROLFO | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'30.680 | 1.886 |
19 | 8 | M. AITCHISON | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'31.117 | 2.323 |
20 | 77 | C. VERMEULEN | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'31.485 | 2.691 |
Cold track and air temperatures meant that only Johnny Rea, Maxime Berger, Tom Sykes, Nori Haga and Michel Fabrizio improved their times, with Rea showing the most improvement, leaping to 6th.
2011
Comments
Superpole
I thought, for 2011, only the top 16 from qualifying went to Superpole. Please correct me if I am in error.
You are correct
You're completely correct. I was having flashbacks to 2010 I think! I've removed the offending sentence. Thanks!