Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was Friday’s fastest participant at the
season-opening Yamaha Finance Australian Round, with the Welshman topping the
combined FP1 and FP2 timesheets courtesy of a 1’30.189 best time from the
morning.
Defending World Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team)
was the second quickest rider on Friday at Phillip Island courtesy of a 1’30.255
lap in FP1 and he was the fastest rider in the later session.
Xavi
Fores (BARNI Racing Team) put in a good performance to end the day third
fastest, also courtesy of his best FP1 effort, a 1’30.486, putting him just
ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) - who was fourth and trailed Davies by
just under four tenths.
On his return to WorldSBK Marco Melandri
(Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) was fifth quickest overall, thanks to his 1’30.627
lap registered in the afternoon outing.
Also going straight through to
Tissot Superpole 2 on the opening weekend of the 2017 MOTUL FIM Superbike World
Championship are Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team), Lorenzo
Savadori (Milwaukee Aprilia), Nicky Hayden (Red Bull Honda World Superbike
Team), Jordi Torres (Althea BMW Racing Team) and Markus Reiterberger (Althea BMW
Racing Team), who rounded out Friday’s top ten.
Savadori provided the
most spectacular moment of the day, surviving a huge wobble at turn 11 in
FP1.
The likes of Eugene Laverty (Milwaukee Aprilia) and Michael van der
Mark (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team), meanwhile, will participate in Tissot
Superpole 1 on Saturday having ended Friday 11th and 12th
respectively.
Earlier in the day FP1 had been red flagged after less
than ten minutes of action after an engine fault for Leon Camier (MV Agusta
Reparto Corse) briefly left an oil leak on track, though the action soon got
back underway. Camier ended Friday in 13th place on the combined
timesheets.
Rookie Randy Krummenacher (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) was
14th best and ran off track just over 15 minutes before the end of
FP2, quickly returning to the asphalt after his excursion onto the
grass.
Likewise newcomer Stefan Bradl (Red Bull Honda World Superbike
Team) ran off track at turn 4 at one stage in his first official WorldSBK
session in FP1 and the German ended up 16th overall.
Alex De Angelis
(Pedercini Racing SC-Project) crashed at turn 11 but walked away from the
incident late in the afternoon session and was Friday’s 15th fastest
man. Ayrton Badovini (Grillini Racing Team) was also a late crasher in FP2 and
concluded Friday in 17th place on the timesheets.
The WorldSBK
riders will return to action at 10.20am local time on Saturday morning, with
Tissot Superpole 1 at 12.30pm and Tissot Superpole 2 at 12.55pm. Race 1 will get
started at 3pm.
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