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Monza WSS: Lowes piles in to take pole

Gordon Ritchie, 11 May 2013 16:30

Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Yamaha) left it to the very last minute to take pole in the Supersport World Championship class at Monza, although not reaching the previous best lap, set in 2010 by Eugene Laverty, with his 1’47.899 today. Lowes had been baulked by a slower rider near the end of the second qualifying session, so had to work ...

Monza WSB: Melandri leads the pack into superpole

Gordon Ritchie, 11 May 2013 10:00

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) used his Friday lap time to enter Superpole as fastest rider after combined qualifying. Heavy overnight thunderstorms ensured that track conditions did not improve today, although the track was fully dry in almost all areas. Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda Word Superbike) remained second because of his Friday time and although Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing) ...

Monza WSB: Melandri tops Friday qualifying

Gordon Ritchie, 10 May 2013 17:26

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) bounced back from the relative depression of Assen to an impressive fastest time in the Friday qualifying session at Monza. It was called a wet session but Melandri’s time of 1’42.883 was under the previous race lap record, if not quite at Cal Crutchlow's SBK track best. Melandri was 0.274 seconds ahead of a ...

Monza WSS: Coghlan fastest in first practice

Gordon Ritchie, 10 May 2013 15:25

Kevin Coghlan (DMC-Lorenzini Kawasaki) made the best of tricky damp track conditions at the fast Monza circuit to lead the field in the first timed Supersport World Championship qualifying session today (Friday). The Scot led a three rider Kawasaki surge to the top of the early rankings, with Andrea Antonelli (Goeleven) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Mahi Racing Team India) his closest ...

Lowes On Pole For Assen WSS Race

Gordon Ritchie, 27 April 2013 17:25

After taking pole in the first round in Australia Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Yamaha) pushed himself to the top spot in the WSS practice order by over 0.643 seconds from second place rider Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Mahi Racing Team India). Sofuoglu’s team-mate Fabien Foret was third. Said Lowes after his impressive pre-race showing, “It was really good today, a very ...

Giugliano Beats Sykes To Fastest Qualifying Time

Gordon Ritchie, 27 April 2013 13:22

Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Aprilia) surprised the leading pack at Assen by posting the fastest combined qualifying time in the only truly dry qualifying session of the weekend so far. Giugliano goes into Superpole 0.069 seconds ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) and his Bol d’Or winning KRT team-mate Loris Baz. Jonathan Rea did his best to raise the ...

Leon Haslam Injury Update

Gordon Ritchie, 26 April 2013 16:33

Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture (not right as we previously reported) after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at the local Assen hospital indicated that he had suffered breaks in his tibia and fibia quite close to the left knee, which will ...

WSB Assen: Sykes Splashes To Provisional Pole

Gordon Ritchie, 26 April 2013 16:16

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) extended the advantage he already had in wet conditions in the first qualifying session at Assen to record a lap of 1’57.190 and push himself fully 1.634 seconds ahead of second place rider and championship leader, Sylvain Guintoli. The Frenchman’s fellow Aprilia Racing rider Eugene Laverty was third, one place ahead of Marco Melandri (BMW ...

Iddon Second After first WSS Qualifying

Gordon Ritchie, 26 April 2013 16:13

Christian Iddon made good use of his three-cylinder MV Agusta F3 675 in a fully wet first qualifying session at Assen, going second fastest overall and only held back from the status of provisional pole sitter by a late charge from Andrea Antonelli on a Goeleven Kawasaki. Mathew Scholtz (Suriano Racing Suzuki) pushed on in the wet to go third, ...

Leon Haslam Injured In First Free Session At Assen

Gordon Ritchie, 26 April 2013 12:24

UPDATED 1612 Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at the local Assen hospital indicated that he had suffered breaks in his tibia and fibia quite close to the left knee, which will require specialist surgery ...