WSBK Phillip Island, Australia
February 21-23 2014
The first weekend's World Superbikes race at Phillip Island getting started with Sylvain Guintoli marking the first Superpole of the season in what has been a resurgence of Aprilia which showed no signs of being able to go fast . However, with a masterful turn on the RSV4 Factory with qualifying tires, the Frenchman again proved the magic of this sport. The first row of the grid is completed by Davide Giugliano and Marco Melandri, the other official Aprilia rider
Perhaps the new format is not as exciting as the previous three rounds Superpole , but always fighting the clock in the WSBK is exciting , mostly because equality is amazing. The first to be discarded in the struggle for Superpole was the champion Tom Sykes after suffering a fall at turn 10 of the Phillip Island circuit , leaving him no options to contest the final minutes of the session and thus to fight .
The second row of the grid is for the pair of Suzuki, with Eugene Laverty in fourth and Alex Lowes in fifth. They will be joined by Jonathan Rea in sixth place . Meanwhile, the third row will be par for men curiously as Loris Baz Kawasaki is seventh , Tom Sykes after his fall has had to settle for eighth place and Leon Haslam is ninth.
Niccolò Canepa with EVO Panigale has been the top-ranked in this category with his tenth place in a fight that has not had too much sauce as David Salom finished twelfth to seven tenths of the Italian . Between them is Chaz Davies, with the official Ducati bike.
WSBK 2014 Phillip Island Race Grid
SP2
1. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia RSV4 Factory) 1:30.038
2. Davide Giugliano (Ducati 1199 Panigale R) +0.097
3. Marco Melandri (Aprilia RSV4 Factory) +0.294
4. Eugene Laverty (Suzuki GSX-1000R) +0.347
5. Alex Lowes (Suzuki GSX-R1000) +0.383
6. Jonathan Rea (Honda CBR 1000RR) +0.622
7. Loris Baz (Kawasaki ZX-10R) +0.758
8. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki ZX-10R) +0.797
9. Leon Haslam (Honda CBR 1000RR) +1.100
10. Niccolò Canepa (Ducati 1199 Panigale R EVO) +1.236
11. Chaz Davies (Ducati 1199 Panigale R) +1.243
12. David Salom (Kawasaki ZX-10R EVO) +1.912
SP1
13. Toni Elías (Aprilia RSV4 Factory) +1.137
14. Claudio Corti (MV Agusta F4 RR) +1.217
15. Fabien Foret (Kawasaki ZX-10R EVO) +1.278
16. Alessandro Andreozzi (Kawasaki ZX-10R EVO) +1.932
17. Jeremy Guarnoni (Kawasaki ZX-10R EVO) +2.176
18. Sheridan Morais (Kawasaki ZX-10R EVO) +2.434
19. Glen Allerton (BMW S1000RR EVO) +2.635
20. Imre Toth (BMW S1000 RR) +3.167
Watch WSBK Australia Live Streaming Here.
The WSBK Australia sessions (FP1, FP2, FP3, Superpole and Race) Live Stream February 21-23 2014 links are available as scheduled on Sport Channel 1..
