2011 Nurburgring World Superbike FP1 Result: Checa Leads On A Drying Track

The rain stopped falling shortly after the start of the first session of free practice for the World Superbike class at the Nurburgring, and it was championship leader Carlos Checa who took the most advantage of the drying conditions. The Althea Ducati rider ended FP1 on top of the timesheets, just under a tenth of a second ahead of Joan Lascorz on the Kawasaki and Jakub Smrz on the Effenbert Liberty Ducati. Michel Fabrizio put his Alstare Suzuki on 4th, just ahead of Leon Camier on the first of the Alitalia Aprilias.�

Checa's title rivals got off to a less impressive start: Yamaha's Marco Melandri ended the session in 8th, over a second behind Checa, while Max Biaggi was only 11th fastest, a tenth off the time of Melandri.

Results:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff
1	7	C. CHECA	Ducati 1098R	1'57.296	�
2	17	J. LASCORZ	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'57.374	0.078
3	96	J. SMRZ	Ducati 1098R	1'57.700	0.404
4	84	M. FABRIZIO	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1'57.927	0.631
5	2	L. CAMIER	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'58.194	0.898
6	50	S. GUINTOLI	Ducati 1098R	1'58.306	1.010
7	4	J. REA	Honda CBR1000RR	1'58.319	1.023
8	33	M. MELANDRI	Yamaha YZF R1	1'58.332	1.036
9	91	L. HASLAM	BMW S1000 RR	1'58.368	1.072
10	66	T. SYKES	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'58.419	1.123
11	1	M. BIAGGI	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'58.452	1.156
12	58	E. LAVERTY	Yamaha YZF R1	1'58.529	1.233
13	52	J. TOSELAND	BMW S1000 RR	1'58.530	1.234
14	41	N. HAGA	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1'58.844	1.548
15	86	A. BADOVINI	BMW S1000 RR	1'58.854	1.558
16	11	T. CORSER	BMW S1000 RR	1'58.965	1.669
17	121	M. BERGER	Ducati 1098R	1'59.269	1.973
18	44	R. ROLFO	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1'59.722	2.426
19	100	M. TAMADA	Honda CBR1000RR	2'00.355	3.059
20	8	M. AITCHISON	Kawasaki ZX-10R	2'01.741	4.445

2011

Source: http://www.motomatters.com/results/2011/09/02/2011_nurburgring_world_superbike_fp1_res.html

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