Superbike, Lausitzring, Free Practice 1: Torres starts as leader

Superbike, Pirelli German Round, Lausitzring, Free Practice 1. There was great anticipation for the return of the World Championship of production derivatives on the Lausitzring track in Germany, where it had not competed since 2007.

Surprisingly, in the first free practice session, the fastest was Jordi Torres, who set the fastest lap in the final stages, ahead of Alex Lowes and Leon Camier.
The feeling is that most of the riders took to the track cautiously to begin to get to know the track better in view of the two races of the weekend, before working on speed: the risk of forcing it is that of compromising the entire round and no one will wanted to take a similar risk.
Good start in front of their fans for BMW who with Team Althea immediately placed their bike at the top of the timesheets.

With the fourth fastest time we find Michael Van der Mark ahead of teammate Nicky Hayden, immediately ahead of Tom Sykes.
In seventh place goes home hero Markus Reiterberger, while in eighth we find Chaz Davies of Aruba.it Ducati.
Sylvain Guintoli had a good session, also like Reiterberger returning from a long stop due to injury: for him a ninth temple ahead of the reigning champion Jonathan Rea.

Of note is the accident which involved Luca Scassa, who replaces Fabio Menghi in VFT Racing, against his will: fortunately he was able to return shortly after.
Team Toth's Pawel Szkopek and IodaRacing's Alex De Angelis also suffered a crash in the final minutes of the session, without consequences.

Below are the times recorded in the first free practice session:

1. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 37.775s
2. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 37.872s
3. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 37.914s
4. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 37.927s
5. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 38.102s
6. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 38.302s
7. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 38.309s
8. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 38.368s
9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Pata Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 38.384s
10. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 38.720s
11. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 39.058s
12. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 39.268s
13. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 39.282s
14. Anthony West FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 39.610s
15. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 40.318s
16. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 40.836s
17. Karel Abraham CZE Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 41.439s
18. Luca Scassa ITA Ducati Panigale R 1m 41.459s
19. Pawel Szkopek POL Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 41.537s
20. Gianluca Vizziello RSA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 41.693s
21. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 41.911s
22. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 42.181s
23. Peter Sebestyen POL Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 42.726s
24. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 43.588s