2012 Phillip Island WSS QP1: Parkes Steals Provisional Pole From Cluzel

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2012-02-24 08:24

Ten Kate Honda's Broc Parkes sits on provisional pole after the first day of practice for the World Supersport class at the Australian's home round at Phillip Island. Parkes took control in the early part of the session, but as the first qualifying practice started to wind down, Sam Lowes, Jules Cluzel and Fabien Foret did what they could to make life uncomfortable for Parkes. In the end there was almost nothing to choose between them: though Parkes came out on top, his advantage over French Moto2 refugee Jules Cluzel was just twenty-six hundredths, while Cluzel ended a mere six thousandths of a second ahead of Sam Lowes. Fabien Foret was the first Kawasaki rider to break the Honda hegemony putting his Lorenzini Kawasaki into 4th, just ahead of fellow former champion and Kawasaki teammate Kenan Sofuoglu.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	23	B. PARKES	Honda CBR600RR	1'34.532
2	16	J. CLUZEL	Honda CBR600RR	1'34.558	0.026
3	11	S. LOWES	Honda CBR600RR	1'34.564	0.032
4	99	F. FORET	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'34.791	0.259
5	54	K. SOFUOGLU	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'34.807	0.275
6	25	A. BALDOLINI	Triumph Daytona 675	1'35.013	0.481
7	38	B. NEMETH	Honda CBR600RR	1'35.296	0.764
8	52	L. PESEK	Honda CBR600RR	1'35.526	0.994
9	34	R. QUARMBY	Honda CBR600RR	1'35.644	1.112
10	20	M. SCHOLTZ	Honda CBR600RR	1'35.669	1.137
11	69	O. JEZEK	Honda CBR600RR	1'35.709	1.177
12	32	S. MORAIS	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'35.852	1.320
13	10	I. TOTH	Honda CBR600RR	1'35.945	1.413
14	55	M. ROCCOLI	Yamaha YZF R6	1'35.979	1.447
15	40	M. JESSOPP	Honda CBR600RR	1'36.044	1.512
16	64	J. DAY	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'36.191	1.659
17	22	R. TAMBURINI	Honda CBR600RR	1'36.328	1.796
18	65	V. LEONOV	Yamaha YZF R6	1'36.355	1.823
19	61	F. MENGHI	Yamaha YZF R6	1'36.413	1.881
20	19	P. SZKOPEK	Honda CBR600RR	1'36.458	1.926
21	31	V. IANNUZZO	Triumph Daytona 675	1'36.498	1.966
22	87	L. MARCONI	Yamaha YZF R6	1'36.660	2.128
23	98	R. LANUSSE	Kawasaki ZX-6R	1'36.758	2.226
24	3	J. METCHER	Yamaha YZF R6	1'36.999	2.467
25	13	D. LOMBARDI	Yamaha YZF R6	1'37.102	2.570
26	8	A. ANTONELLI	Honda CBR600RR	1'37.496	2.964
27	33	Y. POLZER	Yamaha YZF R6	1'38.852	4.320
28	27	T. CAIANI	Honda CBR600RR	1'39.895	5.363