Broc Parkes the fastest in QP 1 Supersport in Australia
The Supersport World Championship has kicked off with a strong contender, Broc Parkes, who dominated both free practice and qualifying, although Cluzel, Lowes and the rest of the riders are close behind.
Rider Broc Parkes was the big dominator of this first day of the Supersport World Championship at Phillip Island Circuit, as the Ten Kate Racing Products Honda rider was the fastest in both Free Practice and Qualifying practice, so for now he is the main benchmark on the Australian track.
Parkes set a lap time of 1:34.532, although it was not easy and he saw his position under threat from one of the rookies of this 2012 season, as Jules Cluzel has confirmed his rapid adaptation both to the championship and to his PTR Honda, placing himself just 26 thousandths behind, so it is very tight at the front.
Completing the top three is Sam Lowes, who is also just thousandths behind Parkes and Cluzel, so there is a lot of excitement in Supersport for this first race of the season in Australia, as many riders have options and pace. Meanwhile, in fourth place is Fabien Foret, together with Kenan Sofuoglu in fifth.
Another former World Championship rider, Alex Baldolini was 6th, not bad for his championship debut; he is gradually adapting to his Triumph Daytona. To complete the top 10 we have Balazs Nemeth 7th, Lukas Pesek 8th, Ronan Quarmby 9th and Mathew Scholtz 10th.
Now we have to wait for the next Supersport QP at Phillip Island.
Supersport QP 1 Phillip Island Times
- Broc Parkes (Ten Kate Racing Products) Honda CBR600RR 1’34.532
- Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1’34.558
- Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1’34.564
- Fabien Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’34.791
- Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’34.807
- Alex Baldolini (Power Team by Suriano) Triumph Daytona 675 1’35.013
- Balazs Nemeth (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 1’35.296
- Lucas Pesek (PRORACE) Honda CBR600RR 1’35.526
- Ronan Quarmby (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1’35.644
- Mathew Scholtz (Bogdanka PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1’35.669
- Ondrej Jezek (SMS Racing) Honda CBR600RR 1’35.709
- Sheridan Morais (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’35.852
- Imre Toth (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 1’35.945
- Massimo Roccoli (Bike Service – WTR TEN 10) Yamaha YZF R6 1’35.979
- Martin Jessopp (Riders PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1’36.044
- Joshua Day (Team GOELEVEN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’36.191
- Roberto Tamburini (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 1’36.328
- Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 1’36.355
- Fabio Menghi (VFT Racing) Yamaha YZF R6 1’36.413
- Pawel Szkopek (Bogdanka Racing) Honda CBR600RR 1’36.458
- Vittorio Iannuzzo (Power Team by Suriano) Triumph Daytona 675 1’36.498
- Luca Marconi (VFT Racing) Yamaha YZF R6 1’36.660
- Romain Lanusse (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’36.758
- Jed Metcher (Rivamoto Junior Team) Yamaha YZF R6 1’36.999
- Dino Lombardi (Team PATA by Martini) Yamaha YZF R6 1’37.102
- Andrea Antonelli (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 1’37.496
- Yves Polzer (Team MRC Austria) Yamaha YZF R6 1’38.852
- Thomas Caiani (KUJA Racing) Honda CBR600RR 1’39.895
Via | WorldSBK
