Rea leads, Laverty crashes in Q1

Honda hold off Ducati, for now

Posted: 24 February 2012
by Visordown News

JONATHAN Rea was the only man to lap Phillip Island in under 1m32s in the opening qualifying session, closely followed by three Ducatis.

Rea's time of 1'31.959 put him in front of Jakub Smrz, followed by Althea Racing's Superstock 1000 winner Davide Giugliano in third and Carlos Checa in fourth.

However, Irishman Eugene Laverty suffered another setback, crashing his RSV4 in the opening laps of the session. Laverty was taken to the medical centre, having taken a bang to the head but was declared fit and discharged.

Phillip Island World Superbikes Q1 times

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Honda WSBK CBR1000RR 1m 31.959s

2. Jakub Smrz CZE Liberty Effenbert Ducati 1098R 1m 32.116s

3. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Ducati 1098R 1m 32.198s

4. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R 1m 32.228s

5. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1m 32.318s

6. Niccolo Canepa ITA Red Devils Ducati 1098R 1m 32.343s

7. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 32.402s

8. Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 32.443s

9. Marco Melandri ITA BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1m 32.553s

10. Michel Fabrizio ITA BMW Italia Goldbet S1000RR 1m 32.609s

11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R 1m 32.644s

12. Leon Camier GBR Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 32.817s

13. Chaz Davies GBR ParkinGO MTC Aprilia RSV-4 1m 32.874s

14. Bryan Staring AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 32.884s

15. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Honda WSBK CBR1000RR 1m 33.040s

16. Maxime Berger FRA Effenbert Liberty Ducati 1098R 1m 33.075s

17. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.128s

18. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia Goldbet S1000RR 1m 33.136s

19. Lorenzo Zanetti ITA PATA Ducati 1098R 1m 33.148s

20. Josh Brookes AUS Crescent Fixi Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 33.477s

21. Leon Haslam GBR BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1m 33.532s

22. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1m 34.189s

23. Mark Aitchison AUS Grillini Progea BMW S1000RR 1m 34.239s

24. David Johnson AUS Rossair AEP BMW S1000RR 1m 34.855s

25. Raffaele De Rosa ITA Pro Ride Honda CBR1000RR 1m 34.979s

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Drenched

Glad I picked Rea for my fantasy WSB team :)

Less impressed I picked Aoyama as well....

Posted: 24/02/2012 at 12:13

Pagik

Bloody hell, give him a chance!! He's been riding a superbike for all of 10 minutes!!!

Epic by Jonathan though. Gutted about Norge..he's my pick for the title this year.

Posted: 24/02/2012 at 15:37

Drenched

Was just hoping that with his pedigree he would be fast out of the box. Remember Simoncelli on a Superbike?

As for Laverty, it is a harsh bit of luck. Although not as bad as Hopper.

Posted: 24/02/2012 at 16:25

Pagik

Good point, but, given that Marco's ride was a one off, and he was on home turf, it was always gonna be a win it or bin it type of effort.

Aoyama will come good. I have faith, yeah, gutted for Hopper, properly gutted.

Posted: 24/02/2012 at 16:51

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