This afternoon’s World Superbike second free practice at Donington Park saw Jonathan Rea pip Carlos Checa by just 0.
049s to take the top of the timesheets in his last flying lap and the two were the only ones to dip under the 1.
29 barrier in another very tight session.
Taking third was Leon Haslam with his factory BMW who finished ahead of Effenbert’s Jakub Smrz who has shone all weekend so far.
Tom Sykes was ‘only’ fifth after being foiled on his last flying lap by Pedercini’s substitute rider Gary Mason with the Kawasaki rider having to run off track to avoid hitting him.
Marco Melandri was sixth, followed by Leon Camier and Aprilia’s Max Biaggi, while Sylvain Guintoli made a jump forward to 9th and was just a little more than three tenths from Rea.
Eugene Laverty also made raced down the charts to 10th with a little less than half a second from the top of the timesheet.
Despite the stable weather – which means it itsn’t raining – Ayrton Badovini and Loris Baz both suffered crashes during the session, which will make Badovini’s mechanics work over time to order to prepare his BMW for Superpole.
WSBK Donington FP2 Results:01- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’28.
85602- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
04903- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
23504- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
28305- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
28806- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
29207- Leon Camier – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
29708- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
33809- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
34710- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
47611- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
61412- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
72313- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
85714- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
87115- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
33816- Loris Baz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
52717- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
57618- Peter Hickman – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
63419- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
82620- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
10821- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 3.
14522- Leandro Mercado – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.
41123- Gary Mason – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.
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