In the final test session at Moscow Raceway ahead of this weekend’s first ever World Superbike Russian round, Carlos Checa once again headed the top of the timesheets after leading this morning session.
Lap times were considerably lower with the riders now knowing the new track and the teams beginning to refine their set-ups and the gaps between riders remained well contained.
This morning Checa posted a best lap of 1.37.189, while this afternoon he topped the charts with a 1.35.891 and like this morning he was followed by BMW’s Leon Haslam who was still a little less than two tenths adrift.
Tom Sykes moved up to third and Marco Melandri also jumped up to take fourth, while Hiroshi Aoyama who suprised everyone with his third this morning, dropped back 15 positions and finished in a lowly 18th.
Standings leader Max Biaggi also improved to take 5th and he was half a second off pace and Chaz Davies also made a big improvement to finish 6th after this morning’s 11th spot.
Following Davies was Althea Ducati’s Davide Giugliano in 7th who recovered from his crash this morning as did Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty, who jumped into the top ten to take 8th, Niccolò Canepa was another rider that crashed this morning moved into 9th. Sylvain Guintoli who was suspended from this morning’s test after getting a red card warning (the don’t give them in races and they give them tests?) closed out the top ten.
WSBK Moscow - 2nd session results
01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’35.891
02- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.180
03- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.228
04- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.413
05- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.530
06- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.746
07- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.825
08- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.932
09- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 0.967
10- Sylvain Guintoli – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.974
11- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.008
12- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.052
13- Leon Camier – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.109
14- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.187
15- John Hopkins – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.272
16- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.306
17- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.445
18- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.452
19- Loris Baz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.842
20- David McFadden – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.276
21- Alexander Lundh – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.728
02- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.180
03- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.228
04- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.413
05- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.530
06- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.746
07- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.825
08- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.932
09- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 0.967
10- Sylvain Guintoli – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.974
11- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.008
12- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.052
13- Leon Camier – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.109
14- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.187
15- John Hopkins – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.272
16- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.306
17- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.445
18- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.452
19- Loris Baz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.842
20- David McFadden – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.276
21- Alexander Lundh – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.728
