David Salom tops FP1 of Supersport at Silverstone

Rider David Salom was the fastest in the first practice session of the Supersport World Championship at the Silverstone circuit. The #44 was very strong throughout the session and set a time of 2:10.304.

The Motocard.com Kawasaki rider was the best in the Supersport free practice at the British track, with a thrilling final lap that put him at the top of the session.

Behind him, Fabien Foret had to settle for second place, watching as Salom took the top spot from him by just 0.053s, so the margins were extremely tight.

Sam Lowes took third place, a little further back from the leaders, specifically 0.361s behind Salom, and was the last rider able to run a 2:10.

Gino Rea completed the top five in fourth place with his Honda, followed by Ellison, who closed out the front positions at Silverstone.

The favourites were not on form in this first session, with Parkes eighth more than a second and a half behind, while Davies was eleventh, almost two seconds off the fastest time.

Let’s see what happens in the QP.