WSBK ; Rea prend l’avantage au MotorLand Aragón / Rea moves to the top after FP2

Le leader du classement WorldSBK a fini les essais libres de vendredi devant son coéquipier Tom Sykes et Chaz Davies.

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) s’est hissé en tête du classement des essais libres du WorldSBK au MotorLand Aragón au dernier moment vendredi après-midi, reléguant son coéquipier Tom Sykes, auteur d’un doublé sur le circuit espagnol l’an dernier, à la seconde place, avec 0.145s d’avance sur son coéquipier.

Pilote le plus rapide le matin, Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing Ducati Superbike Team) a lui aussi amélioré son chrono l’après-midi et a terminé troisième (+0.348s), devant un impressionnant Xavi Fores (+0.766s), nouveau remplaçant de Davide Giugliano chez Ducati.

Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) est le pilote qui a le plus progressé au cours de la seconde séance et s’est classé cinquième (+0.862s), devant son compatriote Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki).

Les dernières places dans le Top 10 sont revenues à Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team), Nico Terol (Althea Racing) et Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) et Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils), qui finissait la journée à une seconde et demie du leader.

Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) et Christophe Ponsson (Grillini SBK Team) sont respectivement quatorzième et dix-huitième sur le classement combiné.

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Times improve at MotorLand Aragon as WorldSBK riders find their rhythm.

Friday’s WorldSBK activity ended a short time ago with the Kawasaki Racing Team leading the way. 2013 World Superbike Champion Tom Sykes led the standings until the final minute when he was displaced by current championship leader Jonathan Rea. Rea goes into FP3 tomorrow with a margin of 0.145s over his team-mate, who hung on to 2^nd overall.

Davies, fastest this morning on his Aruba.it Ducati Superbike Team entry improved to remain 3^rd in the combined standings (+0.348s) ahead of Xavi Fores who finished an impressive 4^th on his 2015 debut (+0.766s).

Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) made the biggest improvement, moving up to 5^th (+0.862s). Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) was 6^th (+1.075s).

The final places inside the top ten were taken by Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) who was 1.324s behind Rea, Althea Racing’s Nico Terol (+1.373s), reigning champion Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) who also improved late in the session (+1.383s) and local rider Jordi Torres who powered his Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils RSV4 RF to 10^th position overall (+1.532s).

FP3 is scheduled to take place at 0955 local time tomorrow and is the last chance for the riders to make it automatically into Superpole 2, courtesy of being inside the top ten at the end of the next 45 minutes.

For today’s FP1 report please click here.