WSBK Misano: Carlos Checa on pace in FP1

If at Silverstone MotoGP lap times weren’t even close, there was slightly a different story in FP1 at the Misano circuit.
Points leader Carlos Checa started the weekend by bagging the top spot, but he was tightly tailed by Max Biaggi who tested at Misano earlier last month and unofficially broke the track record and was just 0.

011s from the Althea Ducati rider.
Third went to Troy Corser and his BMW machine, while team mate Leon Haslam was fourth, both taking advantage of the fact that they too tested at Misano last month.

Leon Camier took the fifth spot and the last rider to be within a second of Checa’s best lap.
Ayrton Badovini was sixth despite a tumble at the Tramonto turn was sixth.
Michel Fabrizio was seventh and followed by the Effenbert Ducati duo Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrz in eighth and ninth respectively.
Marco Melandri closed out the top ten, coming to grips with a track he previously raced on only with a MotoGP bike, while team mate Eugene Laverty was just 17th.

Chris Vermeulen returning to track after missing the Miller Motorsports Park round was 19th, while Lorenzo Lanzi called in to replace injured James Toseland at Misano and Aragon, was 22nd behind the two CIV wildcard riders Alex Polita and Matteo Baiocco.

WSBK Misano FP1 results:01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’36.
45802- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
01103- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
63204- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
73305- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
90206- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
06407- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
07608- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
12909- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
16610- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.
26111- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
27112- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
45813- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
49514- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
63715- Noriyuki Haga – Pata Racing Team Apriliaa – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
65816- Roberto Rolfo – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
70717- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.
72218- Ruben Xaus – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
82519- Chris Vermeulen – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
96920- Alex Polita – Barni Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.
23521- Matteo Baiocco – Barni Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.
30922- Lorenzo Lanzi – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
64823- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
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