Sam Lowes the fastest in QP1 SSP at Phillip Island
The World Supersport Championship already has its first provisional pole sitter for the 2013 season, Sam Lowes, who was the fastest in QP1 at Phillip Island, so for now the Briton is the provisional pole sitter with a lap time of 1.32.545, ahead of Sofuoglu, Rolfo and company.
Rider Sam Lowes was the fastest in the first qualifying practice session of the World Supersport Championship at Phillip Island Circuit. The Briton set a lap time of 1.32.545, the fastest of the entire SSP grid, in what was a calmer session than FP1, although rain made an early appearance in sectors 1 and 4 of the Australian track.
Despite the rain, the riders went out and kept setting laps. The Yamaha rider from Britain was the fastest and holds provisional pole position ahead of QP2, followed by Kenan Sofuoglu. The reigning world champion from last season, however, finished well off the pace, more than a second behind Sam’s time, so for now Lowes is in control of SSP.
Behind them, Roberto Rolfo placed third, completing the top 10 with Van der Mark 4th, Kennedy 5th, Antonelli 6th, Zanetti 7th, Roccoli 8th, Coghlan 9th and Iddon 10th. Baldolini was 17th and Nacho Calero 28th. David Salom does not appear in the times for that session; we do not know whether this is a timing error, a transponder problem, or whether he did not go out on track in this QP1.
We also saw several crashes, including Nemeth at turn 6 and Linortner at turn 2. Fortunately, both riders are physically fine.
Now we will have to wait for QP2 to find out who will be the first Supersport pole sitter in Australia.
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