Carlos Checa was again fastest overall on the second day of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island.
The Spaniard was not only the fastest in both the morning and afternoon sessions, he also pulverized the previous lap record held by Regis Laconi on this circuit, by almost half a second with a scorching 1.
30′578.
Unfortunately the day was marred by numerous crashes.
Marco Melandri, Sylvain Guintoli, Mark Aitchison, both Kawasaki Racing Team riders Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea all went legs up, but only Rea’s crash (after taking 3rd in the morning session), seemingly due to a mechanical failure of his Honda CBR1000RR resulted in him being lifted out by helicopter to be taken to the hospital.
The Castrol Honda rider seems to have been diagnosed, yet to be confirmed, with a fractured left hand and wrist, which could seriously hinder his partecipation in Sunday’s season opener.
Second fastest of the day was Sylvain Guintoli followed as we said by Rea, then Jakub Smrz and Joan Lascorz coming to grips with the 2011 Ninja, while Max Biaggi took the sixth spot followed by Michel Fabrizio, Yamaha duo Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty and Tom Sykes closing out the top ten.
Not cracking the top ten in these two days of testing has been the struggling BMW factory and privateer teams, all four riders (Corser, Haslam, Toseland, Badovini) have been down on the charts, more than two seconds off pace.
WSBK Phillip Island Test – Day 2 Results:01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’30.
57802- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
61803- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.
62804- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
07605- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
28806- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
29207- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
53508- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.
54409- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.
55910- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
69411- Noriyuki Haga – Pata Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
72112- Josh Waters – Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
81613- Ruben Xaus – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
82714- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
83515- James Toseland – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
30216- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
41617- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
65518- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
82019- Akira Yanagawa – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
85420- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.
90721- Roberto Rolfo – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
93622- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.
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