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Michel Fabrizio
| Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) slammed in two quick laps in rapid succession at the end of today's Misano Q1 to end up with the provisional pole at the Misano World Circuit.
The Italian's time of 1 minute 37.016 seconds was good enough to edge out Ben Spies (Yamaha World Superbike) from the top slot, after the Texan rookie had headed the standings almost throughout.
Third and fourth on the provisional front row of the grid went to the still injured Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki Alstare) and British rider Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda). The top 19 positions in today's standings are all contained within one second, confirming the current equilibrium reigning in Superbike.
The provisional front row is also made up of four different manufacturers - Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda – with a fifth, Kawasaki, opening up the second row following a superb performance by Broc Parkes.
The session also confirmed the constant improvement of the Ten Kate Honda team, with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Carlos Checa in sixth and seventh position respectively, ahead of points leader Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox), four-tenths of a second down on his team-mate. After two difficult events, BMW have bounced back into the top 10, with Troy Corser running well throughout and ending up tenth overall.
This time round BMW went better than Aprilia, as Shinya Nakano could only manage 11th and Max Biaggi 16th, eight-tenths off the polesitter. For the moment John Hopkins (Stiggy Racing Honda) is outside the Superpole top 20, the American down in 26th position on his return to action following his Assen crash.
(worldsbk.com)
1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.049
284 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'38.154
3 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.591
4 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'38.616
5 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.645
6 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'38.746
7 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.750
8 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.935
9 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.043
10 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'39.047
11 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.095
12 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.154
13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'39.155
14 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'39.165
15 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'39.181
16 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.302
17 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.590
18 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.659
19 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.814
20 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.863
21 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'39.907
22 2 Hacking J. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'39.978
23 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.196
24 53 Polita A. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.297
25 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.305
26 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.385
27 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1'40.443
28 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'40.772
29 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'42.365
(worldsbk.com)
1 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'37.016
2 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'37.102
3 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'37.209
4 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.238
5 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.281
6 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.396
7 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.441
8 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'37.451
9 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.490
10 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'37.503
11 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'37.630
12 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'37.702
13 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'37.710
14 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'37.773
15 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'37.786
16 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'37.813
17 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'37.898
18 10 Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'37.979
19 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'37.992
20 2 Hacking J. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.441
21 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.522
22 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.671
23 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.755
24 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.827
25 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.828
26 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.856
27 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'39.067
28 53 Polita A. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'39.308
29 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'40.489 Hopkins is back on track At Misano
19/06/09 15:51 (moto-live.com)
American John Hopkins makes his return to the series this weekend for a second chance to show how well he can fare on the Stiggy Racing Honda Superbike.
The high profile entrant to the Superbike series made a promising start with his new team at Valencia, but had to back down only two weeks later, after a horrific crash in the opening practice at Assen sidelined the ex-MotoGP rider for four rounds.
A tough and determined John Hopkins has recuperated from his injuries in just six weeks time though, and is eager to hunt down the front runners of the Superbike field once again at one of his favourite tracks this weekend.
" Misano is a track I do like a lot. I had some decent results there in the past, and got on the podium in the 2007 MotoGP race. It is a circuit I enjoy well, and the audience is always great. People really take a liking towards the World Superbike series, and I expect the atmosphere to be similar to the one we received at the MotoGP races”, he said. “It is going to be an exciting race and hopefully I can be out there from the start. Right now, I am not going to make any promises of running at the front of the field. I am just taking it step-by-step and focus on getting a good feeling with the bike again and set the best possible results for the team and myself."
In the remaining seven rounds and 14 races of the championship there are another 350 points to divide, before the new World Superbike champion will be crowned. | Ben Spies, Yamaha World Superbike Team (2nd, 1'37.102)
"It was a good first day for us, the second session we opted to run race set up and we never put any new tyres on. A race is 22 laps around here, on the 22nd lap today we were half a second off the fastest lap done here. I'm pleased with that and we ran our whole race simulation in the 37's. I'm ecstatic about the bike and tomorrow if it stays dry we know we've got a good package. We know if we put sticky tyres on it's definitely going to go fast. If it rains, I guess we get some good rain time and go play in the rain. It's still tough for us coming and learning these new tracks so I'm glad we picked it up as quickly as we did. There is still some more settings to find to be more comfortable but the speed is there. If it is wet then I hope we'll be up there too, I don't have as much time on this bike in the wet but I like riding in the rain." | | Tom Sykes, Yamaha World Superbike Team (19th, 1'37.992)
"I think today we've made big improvements, this morning we lost a bit of track time with a couple of things but this afternoon we went from a high 39 to a 37.9 so we've found two seconds. I'm only eight or nine tenths of the front guys which is not a lot and considering it's my first time here it's not bad. We can still make improvements over the weekend and hopefully we'll make it work and see what tomorrow brings." yamaha-racing.com
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