Davide Giugliano is on a roll at Brno, the Althea Ducati rider not only topped the timesheets in this morning’s opening free practice, he also posted the fastest time in the first qualifying practice – that was also hampered by on and off drizzling rain- with a best lap of 1.
59.
452, but he was also the third slowest rider (279km/h) through the speed trap.
Marco Melandri was the second quickest rider and he was a little less than a tenth adrift.
The BMW factory team was to debut a special Batman livery this weekend, but following the Colorado shooting that left at least 12 dead and 50 injured during the Batman film Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros has decided to cancel the special paint job.
Eugene Laverty took third and finally seems at ease on the Aprilia after his breakthrough in race 2 at Aragon.
Tom Sykes was fourth and the last rider to break the 2 minute mark and followed by Ducati riders Carlos Checa and Jakub Smrz.
BMW Italia’s Ayrton Badovini and Michel Fabrizio continued to play tag as they were 7th and 8th respectively, while Chaz Davies moved up the charts to take 9th while Leon Haslam closed out the top ten.
Loris Baz fell back to 11th but he was still less than a second from Giugliano.
WSBK Brno QP1 Results:01- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’59.
452 02- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
093 03- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
241 04- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
398 05- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
728 06- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
774 07- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
792 08- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
870 09- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
939 10- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
970 11- Loris Baz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
989 12- John Hopkins – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
076 13- Leon Camier – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
163 14- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
294 15- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
459 16- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
526 17- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
621 18- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
123 19- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.
608 20- Alex Polita – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 3.
216 21- Leandro Mercado – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.
890 22- Viktor Kispataki – Prop-tech Ltd – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 4.
807 23- Norino Brignola – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 5.
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