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Corser opens up on top at Misano

Eurosport - Fri, 25 Jun 14:00:00 2010

Troy Corser drew first blood at Misano as World Superbike action got underway again following a month's break.

A return to the Adriatic circuit for most of the riders who used the four-week gap to test there, Corser moved decisively to the top of the timesheets at the mid-way point in the session with a 1min 38.005secs.
However, it was his follow-up lap of 1min 37.362secs that put him out of reach of his rivals, the BMW rider emerging a comfortable three tenths quicker than second place man Michel Fabrizio.
Fresh from having tested alongside Troy Bayliss at World Ducati Week, the Italian was the fastest of five 1198s to feature inside the top 10 but remains some way off Corser.
Having lingered outside the top 10 for much of the session to concentrate on set-up work, Leon Haslam pumped in a late fast time to catapult up to third, the Suzuki rider well clear of title rival Max Biaggi, the local favourite down in 12th position.
James Toseland led the Yamaha charge in fourth place, ahead of Luca Scassa, the continuously-improving Italian continuing his steady march up the WSBK hierarchy with the fifth best lap.
Despite being hampered by a technical issue early on in the session, Noriyuki Haga was a solid sixth best on the second Xerox Ducati machine, ahead of Cal Crutchlow and Althea duo Shane Byrne and Carlos Checa. Corser’s team-mate Ruben Xaus - a winner at Misano on a privateer Ducati two years ago - completed the top 10.
Further back, Lorenzo Lanzi and DFX Ducati made their return to competition in 11th, ahead of Biaggi, while his Aprilia team-mate Leon Camier was just behind in 14th.
With each rider inside the top 14 having tested at Misano recently, Ten Kate Honda - who stayed at their Assen base - and Kawasaki - who didn’t test at all - were well adrift, with last year’s Misano winner Jonathan Rea in 15th, while Tom Sykes was the fastest ZX-10R rider in 17th.
Elsewhere, Aprilia wild-card rider Federico Sandi was 23rd and last.
Crash.net / EurosportResults:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	11	T. Corser	BMW S1000 RR	1'37.362
2	84	M. Fabrizio	Ducati 1098R	1'37.630	0.268
3	91	L. Haslam	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'37.699	0.337
4	52	J. Toseland	Yamaha YZF R1	1'37.852	0.490
5	99	L. Scassa	Ducati 1098R	1'37.947	0.585
6	41	N. Haga	Ducati 1098R	1'38.014	0.652
7	35	C. Crutchlow	Yamaha YZF R1	1'38.046	0.684
8	67	S. Byrne	Ducati 1098R	1'38.062	0.700
9	7	C. Checa	Ducati 1098R	1'38.153	0.791
10	111	R. Xaus	BMW S1000 RR	1'38.214	0.852
11	57	L. Lanzi	Ducati 1098R	1'38.230	0.868
12	3	M. Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'38.282	0.920
13	50	S. Guintoli	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'38.443	1.081
14	2	L. Camier	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'38.887	1.525
15	65	J. Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	1'39.024	1.662
16	96	J. Smrz	Ducati 1098R	1'39.068	1.706
17	66	T. Sykes	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'39.141	1.779
18	76	M. Neukirchner	Honda CBR1000RR	1'39.258	1.896
19	95	R. Hayden	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'39.858	2.496
20	77	C. Vermeulen	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'39.912	2.550
21	15	M. Baiocco	Kawasaki ZX 10R	1'40.477	3.115
22	23	B. Parkes	Honda CBR1000RR	1'40.618	3.256
23	90	F. Sandi	Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.	1'41.201	3.839