A little rain that started at end of the Superstock 600 qualifying session seemed like it would hamper World Superbikes second free practice, but it did not cause any problems as everyone headed out on slicks as the clouds opened up letting the sun peek through.
Eugene Laverty topped the timesheets with a best lap of 2.
04.
895 and breaking not only into the 2.
04s, but also Tom Sykes benchmark that had been set on Friday afternoon and leaving the Kawasaki rider half a second adrift.
Sykes still hasn’t been able to improve on his own personal best, as the rest of the field began closing in on him, with Leon Camier, Sylvain Guintoli, respectively third and fourth and the three were covered by a mere 0.
050s.
Loris Baz was fifth on the second Kawasaki and a little more than a tenth for his team mate.
It was a troubled session for the BMW Goldbet team.
Chaz Davies had to sit out almost all the session after suffering a technical issue which meant that the team had to change the engine on his S1000RR, while team mate Marco Melandri crashed out at the ‘Arena,’ with 12 minutes left in the practice, that forced him to seek the attention of the medical center.
The crash left him in sixth.
The Italian hurt his hand, elbow and strained his neck – but his partecipation in Superpole is not in doubt.
Seventh quickest was Davide Giugliano followed, by Jonathan Rea who was a little more than a second from Laverty’s best lap, while Carlos Checa and Jules Cluzel closed out the top ten.
2013 WSBK Silverstone FP2 results:1.
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′04.
8952.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′05.
3963.
Leon Camier (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2′05.
4314.
Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′05.
4485.
Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′05.
5656.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2′05.
8597.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′05.
8698.
Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 2′05.
9069.
Carlos Checa (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 2′06.
03710.
Jules Cluzel (Fixi Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2′06.
28711.
Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) Honda CBR1000RR 2′06.
42112.
Chaz Davies (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2′06.
44113.
Ayrton Badovini (Team Ducati Alstare) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 2′06.
90314.
Michel Fabrizio (Red Devils Roma) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′06.
93515.
Max Neukirchner (MR-Racing) Ducati 1199 Panigale R 2′07.
15016.
Federico Sandi (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′08.
06117.
Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 2′08.
09518.
Vittorio Iannuzzo (Grillini Dentalmatic SBK) BMW S1000 RR 2′10.
437