2012 Portimao WSBK FP2: Biaggi Fastest In Free Practice
Submitted by Jared Earle on Sat, 2012-09-22 12:22
Max Biaggi once again holds off Tom Sykes to set the fastest time of the session. Leon Haslam and Marco Melandri swap places from this morning's session and Carlos Checa breaks into the top eight. As the Superpole places were decided this morning, most riders would have used this session for setup and tyre tests, but Melandri should start getting worried about Biaggi retaining the title lead about now.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 3 | BIAGGI M | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'43.299 | |
| 2 | 66 | SYKES T | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'43.313 | 0.014 |
| 3 | 91 | HASLAM L | BMW S1000 RR | 1'43.535 | 0.236 |
| 4 | 33 | MELANDRI M | BMW S1000 RR | 1'43.562 | 0.263 |
| 5 | 7 | CHECA C | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.575 | 0.276 |
| 6 | 65 | REA J | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'43.586 | 0.287 |
| 7 | 58 | LAVERTY E | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'43.602 | 0.303 |
| 8 | 2 | CAMIER L | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'43.649 | 0.350 |
| 9 | 50 | GUINTOLI S | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.666 | 0.367 |
| 10 | 34 | GIUGLIANO D | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.795 | 0.496 |
| 11 | 19 | DAVIES C | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'44.144 | 0.845 |
| 12 | 86 | BADOVINI A | BMW S1000 RR | 1'44.320 | 1.021 |
| 13 | 76 | BAZ L | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'44.417 | 1.118 |
| 14 | 87 | ZANETTI L | Ducati 1098R | 1'44.639 | 1.340 |
| 15 | 84 | FABRIZIO M | BMW S1000 RR | 1'44.801 | 1.502 |
| 16 | 21 | HOPKINS J | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'44.848 | 1.549 |
| 17 | 68 | MCCORMICK B | Ducati 1098R | 1'44.958 | 1.659 |
| 18 | 44 | SALOM D | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'45.378 | 2.079 |
| 19 | 4 | AOYAMA H | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'45.435 | 2.136 |
| 20 | 57 | LANZI L | Ducati 1098R | 1'46.005 | 2.706 |
| 21 | 5 | LUNDH A | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'46.616 | 3.317 |
| 22 | 151 | BAIOCCO M | Ducati 1098R | 1'46.622 | 3.323 |
| 23 | 64 | BRIGNOLA N | BMW S1000 RR | 1'46.644 | 3.345 |
Round Number:
13
2012




