FP1 (stolen from Crash ) 1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 06.056s 2. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 06.413s 3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 2m 06.964s 4. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 2m 06.997s 5. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 07.005s 6. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 07.035s 7. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 07.086s 8. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 07.376s 9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 07.526s 10. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 07.577s 11. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 07.948s 12. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 08.058s 13. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 2m 08.189s 14. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 08.450s 15. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 11.320s 16. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 11.475s 17. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 11.806s 18. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 2m 12.669s Silverstone official WSBK lap records Best lap: John Hopkins USA Samsung Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 04.041 (2011) Race lap record: Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Sterilgarda YZF-R1 2m 05.259s (2010)
Q1 1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 05.355s 2. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 06.236s 3. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 2m 06.332s 4. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 06.349s 5. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 06.353s 6. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 06.539s 7. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 06.553s 8. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 06.590s 9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 06.656s 10. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 06.718s 11. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 06.735s 12. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 06.826s 13. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 2m 07.516s 14. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 07.546s 15. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 2m 07.753s 16. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 09.126s 17. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 10.471s 18. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 2m 11.866s
QP1 Still Sykes, despite a crash 1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 05.355s 2. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 06.236s 3. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 2m 06.332s 4. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 06.349s 5. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 06.353s 6. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 06.539s 7. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 06.553s 8. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 06.590s 9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 06.656s 10. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 06.718s 11. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 06.735s 12. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 06.826s 13. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 2m 07.516s 14. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 07.546s 15. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 2m 07.753s 16. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 09.126s 17. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 10.471s 18. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 2m 11.866s
Q2 1 Tom Sykes Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 2:05.355 2 Leon Camier Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 2:05.383 3 Sylvain Guintoli Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:05.569 4 Eugene Laverty Factory Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:05.592 5 Davide Giugliano Factory Althea Racing Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:05.750 6 Jonathan Rea Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 2:05.775 7 Loris Baz Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 2:05.983 8 Jules Cluzel Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 2:06.015 9 Carlos Checa Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199R 2:06.036 10 Chaz Davies BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team BMW S1000 RR HP4 2:06.057 11 Marco Melandri BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBKTeam BMW S1000 RR HP4 2:06.283 12 Leon Haslam Pata Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 2:06.344 13 Michel Fabrizio Factory Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1000 2:06.471 14 Ayrton Badovini Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Panigale 1199R 2:06.784 15 Max Neukirchner MR-Racing Ducati Panigale 1199R 2:06.843 Superpole in 25 minutes.
Dramatic Superpole as Melandri and Guintoli suffer mechanical failures and Syke's blazing record setting pole lap is negated by the dry session being red flagged. Sykes set a time of 203.3. The wet session was never really wet, but the times reflect the condition of the track. Laverty's first WSBK pole. 1. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 2m 04.730s 2. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 04.949s 3. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 05.078s 4. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 05.105s 5. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 2m 05.949s 6. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 06.369s 7. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 06.775s 8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 No Time 9. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 No Time 10. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2m 05.011s 11. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 2m 05.492s 12. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 2m 05.573s 13. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 2m 05.492s 14. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 2m 05.593s 15. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 2m 13.317s Did not progress to Superpole 16. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 07.743s 17. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 2m 08.106s 18. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 2m 09.543s
Are you shitting me?!! That last low 3 lap was negated?!!! Dang, motor racing is so unfair sometimes...
I agree. Tom's reaction to the wet ruling was classic too. Talk about pissed! Boneheaded move by race direction for sure.
Well yeah. The first boneheaded move was red flagging it, when waved rain flags would have sufficed. Great lap from Tom! And bad luck for Guilliano.... Gunna be some great racing, Baz could figure! Oh well, here comes another late late night.............: Bring it on! ( one wet, one dry, please...) SSP could be epic!
Tough call as I am not clear on the rules. It does seem that if they start a dry session, that should be it. The British Eurosport team think it was a bad call. But they, of course, would.