This morning’s warm-up practice at Donington was sunny and dry even if the air and track temperatures were still a little cool and it was the last chance for the Superbike riders to make their final adjustments before the two races.
Who didn’t need to refine his set-up was Tom Sykes who once again posted the fastest time in the brief fifteen minute session with a 1.
28.
446 lap, that was almost four tenths faster than Sylvain Guintoli who was second and will be taking off next to the Kawasaki rider on the starting grid.
Davide Giugliano was third and followed by Syke’s team mate Loris Baz and they were two of the other seven riders that were in less than one second from Mr.
Superpole.
Leon Camier continues to impress on his home circuit as he was fifth fastest ahead of BMW Goldbet duo Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri who also ran off track halfway through the practice.
Behind Melandri were Jonathan Rea and Eugene Laverty, while a suffering Carlos Checa managed a 10th spot with his new engine spec ahead of Jules Cluzel and wild card rider Niccolò Panigale who was the only Ducati rider to qualify in SP3 yesterday to the chagrin of Checa and Ayrton Badovini.
Leon Haslam was able to complete nine laps, but there are some doubts whether his leg can hold up for both races.
2013 WSBK Donington Warm-up results:1.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′28.
4462.
Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′28.
8183.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′28.
9354.
Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′28.
9755.
Leon Camier (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′29.
0566.
Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1′29.
0797.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1′29.
0878.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 1′29.
1489.
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′29.
29610.
Carlos Checa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′29.
51311.
Jules Cluzel (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′29.
57512.
Niccolò Canepa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′29.
57813.
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 1′29.
74614.
Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′29.
94715.
Ayrton Badovini (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′29.
98316.
Max Neukirchner (MR-Racing) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1′30.
49017.
Federico Sandi (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′30.
63318.
Alexander Lundh (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′32.
38419.
Vittorio Iannuzzo (Grillini Dentalmatic SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.
538
