This morning’s QP2 at Magny Cours was warm and sunny and it was Marco Melandri who grabbed the provisional pole in QP2 after struggling all of yesterday trying to learn the French trackThe Italian, who is pondering over offers from Aprilia (they want him in team Pata) and BMW, grabbed the top of the charts with his last flying lap of 1.
38.
179 demoting the Effenbert Liberty Ducati duo Sylvain Guintoli (on his spare bike) and Jakub Smrz to 2nd and 3rd.
Ayrton Badovini impressed with his BMW Italia by taking fourth, outpacing the factory BMW team of Leon Haslam and Troy Corser who were fifth and sixth respectively.
Noriyuki Haga came in seventh with Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes right on his tail.
Soon-to-be 2011 World Superbike champion Carlos Checa rounded out the top ten, unable to improve his lap times.
Not making the cut to this afternoon’s Superpole will be only two riders, Javier Fores and Roberto Rolfo as the grid is down to only eighteen riders with Max Biaggi and Chris Vermeulen still recovering from their injuries and Castrol Honda’s Ruben Xaus who has been forced out of this round after crashing out at 210km during yesterday’s FP1, the doctors deemed that the muscle damage to his neck was to severe for him to race.
WSBK Magny Cours QP2 results:1.
Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1′38.
1712.
Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
2933.
Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
3654.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1′38.
4655.
Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1′38.
4836.
Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1′38.
4857.
Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′38.
5308.
Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
5779.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′38.
60110.
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
65211.
Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1′38.
66412.
Maxime Berger (Supersonic Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
68013.
Michel Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′38.
76114.
Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′38.
80815.
Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′39.
03716.
Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′39.
07217.
Javier Fores (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1′39.
23018.
Roberto Rolfo (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′39.
982