Superbike Lausitzring, Free Practice 2: Savadori finishes with the best time

Superbike, Pirelli German Round – Free Practice 2. The first day of free practice at the EuroSpeedWay Lausitzring circuit, valid for direct access to the Tissot-Superpole scheduled for tomorrow, ends with Lorenzo Savadori setting the best time.

Behind him is Markus Reiterberger who is in full form despite the three months of absence from competitions, who has fired up the crowd, and Tom Sykes who is already starting to set fast laps as usual.

The particular layout of the circuit is proving to be a real challenge for the drivers, especially for turns 6 and 12: the session was in fact interrupted 21 minutes from the end by the red flags displayed due to the debris left on the track by Josh Brookes's BMW, which crashed at high speed at turn 12.
Luckily no consequences for the Australian.

Fourth time for Chaz Davies ahead of Nicky Hayden and Sylvain Guintoli, sixth and satisfied with the result considering the 4 months absence from competition due to the ankle injury.
Jordi Torres and Alex Lowes also entered directly into Tissot-Superpole 2, despite a fall near turn 6 halfway through the session.
Completing the top ten are Leon Camier, who is one of the few drivers who did not test here at the Lausitzring during the summer, and Van der Mark.
Surprisingly, Jonathan Rea remains out of the second qualifying heat: the reigning World Champion will have to conquer the front rows of the grid starting from the SP2, together with Davide Giugliano, twelfth.

The next appointments are for tomorrow morning at 8am with the third free practice session, followed by the Tissot-Superpole starting at 45am.
Then all eyes will be on the start of Race 1 at 13pm.

Below are the combined times of the two free practice sessions:

1. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 37.449s
2. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 37.483s
3. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 37.557s
4. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 37.656s
5. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 37.713s
6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Pata Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 37.753s
7. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 37.775s*
8. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 37.805s
9. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 37.809s
10. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 37.927s*
11. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 37.996s
12. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 38.356s
13. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 38.575s
14. Anthony West FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.790s
15. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 39.037s
16. Luca Scassa ITA Ducati Panigale R 1m 39.031s
17. Pawel Szkopek POL Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 40.060s
18. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 40.336s
19. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 40.362s
20. Karel Abraham CZE Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 40.618s
21. Gianluca Vizziello RSA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 40.924s
22. Peter Sebestyen POL Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 41.543s
23. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 41.602s
24. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 42.294s

*best time taken from FP1