USA Superbike: First qualifying for Laverty
Just behind the surprise Canepa on Ducati
The first qualifying session at Laguna Seca also saw a tight classification with fourteen drivers within the space of a second.
The official Aprilia set the fastest time Eugene Laverty, followed by the excellent Ducati Alstare Niccolò Canepa and from Kawasaki's Tom Sykes, who evidently has already framed the circuit.
Fourth place for BMW Marco Melandri, chased by the RSV4 Red Devils of Toni Elias and from the Althea of David Giugliano.
The Frenchman from Noale was seventh Sylvain Guintoli, preceding the two Suzuki wild-cards Danny Eslick e Roger Hayden, and the leader of the free races Chaz Davies on S1000 RR.
Eleventh place for the other Panigale Ayrton Badovini, while the Honda Patas are still bad with Fabrizio e haslam thirteenth and fourteenth respectively. Loris Baz's replacement was fifteenth David Solomon.
QUALIFICATIONS RANKING 1
1. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'24.482
2. Niccolò Canepa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'24.495
3. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'24.568
4. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1'24.617
5. Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'24.699
6. Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'24.704
7. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'24.719
8. Danny Eslick (Michael Jordan Motorsports) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'24.821
9. Roger Lee Hayden (Michael Jordan Motorsports) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'24.845
10. Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1'24.894
11. Ayrton Badovini (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'25.080
12. Jules Cluzel (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'25.185
13. Michel Fabrizio (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 1'25.223
14. Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 1'25.362
15. David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'25.671
16. Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'26.052
17. Federico Sandi (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'26.237
18. Blake Young (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'26.355
19. Vittorio Iannuzzo (Grillini Dentalmatic SBK) BMW S1000 RR 1'26.972
20. Glen Allerton (Next Gen Motorsports) BMW S1000 RR 1'27.127
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