Superbike Imola, free practice 2: Davies is still the fastest

Imola Motul Italian Round, Free Practice 2 – Chaz Davies makes no concessions and confirms himself in first place in the combined times of the two free practice sessions at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, valid for access to the Tissot-Superpole tomorrow morning, starting at 10am.

The time set by the Welshman, 1'47"014, is just three tenths of a second from the track record, set last year by Tom Sykes, who we find immediately behind him with the second fastest time.
The 2013 Champion stopped along the circuit with twenty minutes to go: still no explanation from Kawasaki and the silence is giving rise to ruminations, such as the failure of another engine after that of Jonathan Rea in the FP2 at Assen.
Obviously we are in the field of hypotheses and Sykes has in any case punched only two engines out of seven available, so the situation is under control.

Third time for teammate Jonathan Rea, followed by Leon Camier, who did not improve on the morning's performance like Lorenzo Savadori's Aprilia Iodaracing dropped to seventh place.
Fifth and sixth times for Markus Reiterberger and Jordi Torres.
Sylvain Guintoli crashed without damage at the finish line chicane and finished in eighth place.

Among the Superpole qualifiers we find Matteo Baiocco, immediately behind Davide Giugliano, clearly behind his teammate.
Disappointment also for Alex Lowes, eleventh, and the two Hondas of Van der Mark, 14th, and Nicky Hayden, 16th, in difficulty compared to their recent outings.

(Photo credits: www.WorldSbk.com)

Below is the time table after the second free practice session:

1. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 47.014s
2. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 47.347s
3. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 47.444s
4. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 47.943s*
5. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR1m 47.949s
6. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 48.077s
7. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 48.242s*
8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R11m 48.342s
9. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 48.384s*
10. Matteo Baiocco ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 48.519s

11. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 48.600s
12. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 48.778s
13. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 49.143s
14. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 49.166s*
15. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 49.239s
16. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 49.346s
17. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 49.649s
18. Lucas Mahias FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 49.695s
19. Karel Abraham CZE Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 50.893s*
20. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 51.062s
21. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 51.564s
22. Pawel Szkopek POL Team Toth Yamaha R11m 52.200s*
23. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 52.497s
24. Josh HookAUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 54.025s