Superbike: Giugliano is the fastest in the last free practices in Imola

Ducati and Kawasaki once again monopolize the time table in the free practice of the fifth round of the season, held at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, with Davide Giugliano setting the best time in the third session.

The Italian rider, returning after the long rehabilitation after the fall in the Phillip Island tests, therefore presents himself as the most accredited name for pole this afternoon (the first heat begins at 15:00 pm), he who has already won it last year.

Behind him is the usual KRT duo made up of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes, within just 40 hundredths, and less than two tenths behind Giugliano: different objectives for the two team mates, with the standings leader determined to put a mortgage on the title well before the halfway point of the season, and the former world champion is still looking for the redemption round.

Fourth is Chaz Davies who certainly won't be watching today, for a second heat of Tissot-Superpole which promises to be very close.

Leap forward, confirming his evident pro talent, for Jordi Torres who on his debut on this track, which is anything but easy, enters SP2 with the seventh time, behind his teammate Leon Haslam, fifth, and an excellent Ayrton Badovini, sixth with BMW.

Leandro Mercado, eighth, David Salom and Alex Lowes complete the top ten.
The two CBRs of the Pata Honda team are still disappointing with Van der Mark eleventh to compete for access to the second Superpole heat and Sylvain Guintoli even fifteenth.

Appointment at 15pm with the first heat, live on Italia 00.

Below are the times recorded in FP3 and the order of access to the Tissot-Superpole:

1. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 47.116s
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 47.344s
3. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 47.369s
4. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 47.686s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 47.842s
6. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 48.079s
7. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 48.093s
8. Leandro Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 48.486s
9. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 48.509s
10. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 48.660s

Top 10 will progress straight to SP2. Riders 11-20 entered into SP1

11. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 48.669s
12. Michel Fabrizio ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 48.700s
13. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 48.721s
14. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 48.830s
15. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 49.296s
16. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R1m 50.099s
17. Niccolo Canepa ITA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 50.645s
18. Christophe Ponsson FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 52.100s
19. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 52.132s
20. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 52.580s

Will not progress to Superpole, grid positions determined

21. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 52.580s
22. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 53.813s