Superbike Türkiye: Guintoli always in front

The last free practices have just taken place on the still damp asphalt of Istanbul Park before the real clash in the Superpole.

He confirms himself to be faster than in the previous rounds Sylvain Guintoli followed by the Suzuki of compatriot Jules Cluzel and the Honda Pata of Michel Fabrizio, more at ease than yesterday on the new bike.

Fourth fastest time for Eugene Laverty ahead of the burly local driver Yunus Ercelik on BMW and the other CBR 1000 of Leon Haslam.

Good eighth time for Vittorio Iannuzzo who, with the BMW of Grillini Dentalmatic, beat Toni Elias on RSV4 Red Devils, Davide Giugliano of the Althea team and the BMW Motorrad GoldBet of Chaz Davies.

Marco Melandri preferred not to ride, while Ducati's Ayrton Badovoni is in for a rest day.

FREE PRACTICE RANKING

1. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'06.290

2. Jules cluzel (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'06.431

3. Michelle Fabrizio (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 2'07.095

4. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'10.560

5. Yunus Ercelik (Sampiyon 169 Team) BMW S1000 RR 2'11.612

6. Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 2'12.865

7. Remove Uprak (CMS-Eypbike Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'13.879

8. Victor Iannuzzo (Grillini Dentalmatic SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2'14.315

9. Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'15.200

10. David Giugliano (Althea Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2'17.514

11. Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2'22.625

12. Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2'29.919