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SBK, Excellent performance for Savadori at Lausitzring, Rea in difficulty

FP2 -The Aprilia rider leads in the Friday practice sessions ahead of Reiterberger and Sykes, Davies fourth. Rea is 11th in the combined standings and goes to SP1

Excellent performance for Savadori at Lausitzring, Rea in difficulty

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A big Friday for Lorenzo Savadori and his Aprilia. The rider from Cesena goes straight through to Superpole 2, finishing the second free practice session at the top of the list on the Lausitz Eurospeedway, beating out home pitch rider Markus Reiterberger on his BMW and Tom Sykes’ Kawasaki. For Lorenzo, the time of 1.37"449 came the penultimate time he crossed the finish line and it gave him the upper hand over the German rider by only 0.034 thousandths. Sykes finished third, improving compared to his sixth time in the morning and closing out the day +0.108 tenths behind the number 32Aprilia. Chaz Davies, also improving from the morning, finished fourth ahead of Nicky Hayden in fifth and Sylvain Guintoli. 

The seventh best time went to Alex Lowes - a crash for him halfway through the session, but with no consequences - ahead of Leon Camier and Jordi Torres, who was unable to improve his time from the morning session. 

In a session that was divided in two because of a red flag that came out after Joshua Brookes crashed on Turn 11, leaving the track dirty, the 10th time (but 11th in the combined standings) of Jonathan Rea stands out. The reigning world champion missed going straight through to Superpole 2 and will have to begin tomorrow in SP1, stopping the clock at 1.37"996. This is a delicate situation for him, considering the fact that his nearest rival, Sykes, seems to be performing better at the moment. We shall see.

Davide Giugliano also missed going through to SP2, unable to move up farther than the 13th best time in the combined classifications, behind Alex De Angelis. 16th place went to Luca Scassa, whereas Gianluca Vizziello finished 21st.

 

 

Translated by Jonathan Blosser
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