With a drenching rain that hit the Istanbul Park circuit during the night leaving a very damp track circuit, the second World Superbike qualifying session was a total washout.
In the tricky conditions very few riders ventured out of their garages except for an occasional out lap to test the conditions, the Q2 timesheet would remain the same as yesterday’s, with Sylvain Guintoli leading the a decimated field over Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty.
Three riders have been ruled out of the proceedings: Leon Camier (fractured foot), Carlos Checa (fractured scaphoid and chest contusion), Max Neukirchner (fractured metacarpals of his right hand) all crashed yesterday, Friday the 13th.
Ayrton Badovini who also crashed yesterday sustaining some ligament damage to his foot, was passed fit to race, but he’ll be the only rider not to take part in the Superpole as he didn’t post a qualifying time, while local wild cards Tolga Urpak and Yunus Ercelik will take part in Superpole, and so will Vittorio Iannuzzo and Federico Sandi, for the first time this season.
2013 WSBK Istanbul Combined qualifying times:01- Sylvain Guintoli – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 1’56.
190 02- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
559 03- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
759 04- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
980 05- Toni Elias – Red Devils Roma – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
016 06- Jules Cluzel – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
032 07- Chaz Davies – BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
201 08- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
459 09- Leon Haslam – Pata Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
509 10- Michel Fabrizio – Pata Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.
150 11- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
398 12- Federico Sandi – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
627 13- Vittorio Iannuzzo – Grillini Dentalmatic SBK – BMW S1000RR – + 4.
754 14- Tolga Uprak – CMS Eypbike Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 6.
818 15- Yunus Ercelik – Sampiyon 169 Team – BMW S1000RR – + 8.
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