Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa took the top spot in this afternoon’s qualifying practice 1 at Nurburgring and lead an almost all Ducati charge, with only Troy Corser able to put his BMW in second with a final lunge in the dying minutes of the session.
Despite a crash earlier in the session, Michel Fabrizio took the third spot and was five tenths from the privateer Ducati rider and he was followed by an impressive Shane Byrne and Noriyuki Haga.
Max Biaggi dropped from his first spot in free practice to sixth in this session with Cal Crutchlow and Jonathan Rea in seventh and eighth, while Jakub Smrz on his privateer Aprilia took the ninth position and Tom Sykes who tested the new 2011 Ninja at Almeria rounded out the top ten position.
Leon Haslam was only 11th and 1.
385s off the best time and Leon Camier was 16th following a crash that left him out of the last part of the session, while James Toseland did even worse and ended the hour only in 18th.
Debuting Ian Lowry finished in 19th ahead of Roger Lee Hayden, Fabrizio Lai and Matteo Baiocco.
WSBK Nurburgring QP1 Results:01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1′55.
23202- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
21503- Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
52104- Shane Byrne – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
76605- Noriyuki Haga – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
79206- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
84507- Cal Crutchlow – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.
93708- Jonathan Rea – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
02109- Jakub Smrz – Team Pata B&G Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
10810- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 1.
20411- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
38512- Max Neukirchner – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
38513- Luca Scassa – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
50214- Ruben Xaus – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
56715- Lorenzo Lanzi – DFX Corse – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
58716- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
59317- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
60618- James Toseland – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.
76919- Ian Lowry – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 3.
17120- Roger Hayden – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 3.
56221- Fabrizio Lai – ECHO CRS Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 4.
08722- Matteo Baiocco – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 5.
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