twatter says "Just finishing off some more treatment in Melbourne ... Followed by some quick brunch and then back to PI. I'll have another go tomorrow!!"
S.Lowes and that R6 are killing it in WSS, i know it's just testing, but everytime the r6 participates in Wss it wins the championship easily.
PI WSBK Test 2013 - Combined times from Monday / Tuesday 1. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 31.059s 2. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 31.237s 3. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 31.243s 4. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.261s 5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.350s 6. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.356s 7. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.396s 8. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.452s 9. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.640s 10. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.658s 11. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 32.044s 12. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 32.077s 13. Glenn Allerton AUS Next Gen BMW S1000RR 1m 32.159s 14. Jamie Stauffer AUS Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 32.231s 15. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 32.625s 16. Ivan Clementi ITA HTM Racing BMW S1000RR 1m 32.789s 17. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 1m 32.880s 18. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 32.964s 19. Alexander Lundh SWE Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.447s 20. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 1m 33.541s 21. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 33.686s Philip Island official WSBK lap records Best lap: Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R 1m 30.882s (2011) Race lap record: Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.785s (2012) -jim
I just scanned that entire list twice going "where the hell is Biaggi?!?"....what a brain fart :crackhead: Glad to see Sykes putting up a fight
Hmmm....the top 12 all within 1 sec of each other, looks like this is going to make for good racing this year. Now only if we were able to watch it, lol
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Feb/130219d.htm ^ still just speculation, not an actual press release.