It’s been a little while since we’ve seen Jonathan Rea head the timesheets in this season’s World Superbike championship, but the Castrol Honda rider seems very comfortable with the new ride-by-wire system that’s helping him get a little more out of his CBR1000RR today at Imola, as he jumped ahead of Carlos Checa in the final minutes to post a 1.
48.
241 lap that left the Althea Ducati rider adrift by 0.
159s.
Leon Haslam continues his good form at the Italian track with the third best time followed by Michel Fabrizio and Marco Melandri.
Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes was just shy of the Yamaha rider by 0.
040s which put him into sixth.
Maxime Berger who is out of a ride at the end of season, with Supersonic closing up shop was seventh, while Noriyuki Haga and Jakub Smrz closed out the top ten, but wildcard riders Federico Sandi and Alex Polita were very close behind.
WSBK Imola QP1 results:1.
Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1′48.
2412.
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′48.
4003.
Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1′48.
7014.
Michel Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′48.
7265.
Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1′48.
8446.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′48.
8847.
Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
0038.
Maxime Berger (Supersonic Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
0239.
Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′49.
04110.
Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
07211.
Federico Sandi (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
12512.
Alessandro Polita (Barni Racing Team S.
N.
C.
) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
13413.
Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′49.
28214.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1′49.
39415.
Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′49.
66516.
Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′49.
78117.
Ruben Xaus (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1′49.
85518.
Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1′49.
99119.
Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1′50.
01120.
Matteo Baiocco (Barni Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1′50.
10421.
Roberto Rolfo (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′51.
08622.
Javier Fores (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1′51.
790