2009 World Superbikes Assen FP1 Result - First Time At Assen, Spies Takes First Place

Submitted by Kropotkin on Fri, 2009-04-24 12:03

The first session of free practice has just been run for the World Superbike machines, and Ben Spies set the fastest time at his first attempt. He took all session to get to the top, but an impressive session nonetheless. Noriyuki Haga and Max Neukirchner had swapped the top spot prior to Spies taking charge.

The session was red-flagged briefly after about 20 minutes, after John Hopkins went down at Mandeveen. No word yet on the American riders' condition, but he did not take any further part in the proceedings. Assen holds unhappy memories for the American, as it was here that he smashed his leg last year during the MotoGP qualifying session in a huge crash at the blindingly fast Ramshoek corner.

Full results of FP1:

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	19	B. Spies	Yamaha YZF R1	1'39.687
2	76	M. Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9	1'40.050	0.363
3	7	C. Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	1'40.143	0.456
4	91	L. Haslam	Honda CBR1000RR	1'40.147	0.460
5	55	R. Laconi	Ducati 1098R	1'40.369	0.682
6	41	N. Haga	Ducati 1098R	1'40.417	0.730
7	9	R. Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	1'40.571	0.884
8	31	K. Muggeridge	Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9	1'40.693	1.006
9	66	T. Sykes	Yamaha YZF R1	1'40.696	1.009
10	84	M. Fabrizio	Ducati 1098R	1'40.835	1.148
11	65	J. Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	1'40.872	1.185
12	67	S. Byrne	Ducati 1098R	1'40.914	1.227
13	71	Y. Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9	1'41.017	1.330
14	56	S. Nakano	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'41.108	1.421
15	11	T. Corser	BMW S1000 RR	1'41.111	1.424
16	96	J. Smrz	Ducati 1098R	1'41.170	1.483
17	3	M. Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'41.202	1.515
18	33	T. Hill	Honda CBR1000RR	1'41.289	1.602
19	111	R. Xaus	BMW S1000 RR	1'41.621	1.934
20	24	B. Roberts	Ducati 1098R	1'41.859	2.172
21	25	D. Salom	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'42.134	2.447
22	99	L. Scassa	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'42.223	2.536
23	94	D. Checa	Yamaha YZF R1	1'42.388	2.701
24	100	M. Tamada	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'42.442	2.755
25	77	V. Iannuzzo	Honda CBR1000RR	1'42.980	3.293
26	32	S. Easton	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'43.008	3.321
27	15	M. Baiocco	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'43.330	3.643
28	121	J. Hopkins	Honda CBR1000RR	1'44.396	4.709
29	88	R. Resch	Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9	1'45.276	5.589