WSBK 2010 Miller QF1 Result

Smrz leads the opening day at MMP

Sunday, 30 May 2010 01:04

Jakub ‘Kuba' Smrz (Pata B&G Ducati) boomed his big Ducati to provisional pole after the first qualifying session at Miller Motorsports Park in the USA, setting a 1'48.517 that was under the existing race lap record, if not quite beating the absolute track best.

Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) was a close second, and the Yamaha Sterilgarda four-cylinder machine of Cal Crutchlow third.

World Championship leader Leon Haslam was fourth on his Suzuki Alstare machine. Althea Ducati riders Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne mixed it up with the factory bikes once again, fifth and sixth respectively. The top 13 bikes were within the same second.

1. Jakub Smrz (Team PATA B&G Racing) 1'48.517

2. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox Team) 1'48.670

3. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda Team)  1'48.682

4. Leon Haslam (Team Suzuki Alstare) 1'48.734

5. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 1'48.742

6. Shane Byrne (Althea Racing) 1'48.853

7. James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda Team)  1'48.887

8. Luca Scassa (Supersonic Racing Team) 1'48.945

9. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport)  1'49.040

10. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing)  1'49.191

11. Jonathan Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda)  1'49.281

12. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox Team) 1'49.386

13. Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing)  1'49.443

14. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) 1'49.748

15. Ruben Xaus (BMW Motorrad Motorsport)  1'49.961

16. Max Neukirchner (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda)  1'50.121

17. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Suzuki Alstare)  1'50.133

18. Roger Lee Hayden (Team Pedercini) 1'50.806

19. Broc Parkes (ECHO CRS Honda) 1'51.074

20. Chris Vermeulen (Kawasaki Racing Team)  1'51.122

21. Matteo Baiocco (Team Pedercini) 1'53.724