So it all kicks off this weekend, and Scott topping FP2 so getting to grips it’s it. Phillip Island WorldSBK - FP2 Results 0 WSBK Haydn Cobb 28 Feb 2020 Free practice 2 results from Phillip Island, the first round of the 2020 World Superbike championship. Free practice 2 results from Phillip Island, the first round of the 2020 World Superbike championship. Jordi Torres (Mie Althea Honda) and Leandro Mercado (Motocorsa Racing Ducati) join the WorldSBK grid from the third round at Jerez. PHILLIP ISLAND WORLDSBK: FP2 RESULTS POS DRIVER NAT TEAM MODEL BEST LAP TOTAL LAPS 1 Scott Redding GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 30.436s 30 laps 2 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1m 30.854s 24 laps 3 Michael van der Mark NED Pata Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1m 30.905s 26 laps 4 Leon Haslam GBR Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 1m 30.936s 24 laps 5 Loris Baz FRA Ten Kate SBK Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1m 30.973s 17 laps 6 Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 30.978s 22 laps 7 Tom Sykes GBR BMW WorldSBK Team BMW S1000RR 1m 31.161s 23 laps 8 Alvaro Bautista ESP Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R 1m 31.201s 23 laps 9 Michael Ruben Rinaldi ITA Team GoEleven Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 31.213s 14 laps 10 Xavi Fores ESP Puccetti Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 31.265s 21 laps 11 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 31.336s 19 laps 12 Sandro Cortese GER Pedercini Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 31.397s 18 laps 13 Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 31.478s 24 laps 14 Eugene Laverty IRL BMW WorldSBK Team BMW S1000RR 1m 31.747s 22 laps 15 Garrett Gerloff USA GRT Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1m 31.898s 25 laps 16 Federico Caricasulo ITA GRT Yamaha Yamaha YZF R1 1m 32.008s 23 laps 17 Maximilian Scheib CHI Orelac Racing Verdnatura Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 32.030s 17 laps 18 Leon Camier GBR Barni Ducati Ducati Panigale V4 R 1m 32.649s 13 laps 19 Takumi Takahashi JPN Mie Althea Honda Honda CBR1000RR-R 1m 34.995s 19 laps < Previous Phillip Island WorldSBK - FP1 Results
Top 6 within 0.5s and top 13 within 1s. You'd hope that would translate into close racing but I have a suspicion that won't be the case on the day. Redding, Razgat and Rea will hopefully put on a good show. Andy
Hopefully this’ll be on you tube fairly soon. Some benevolent person will also edit out all the boring bits. a link to the highlights
Bit of a surprise to see how well the Yamahas went TBH. What happened to Haslam on the final lap, he just fell away? Lining up to be an epic season 2020. Come on Scotty!!
Maybe he took the decision to take the position he had rather than crash out trying to improve on it or his tyres gave out?
I suspect even matched except Rea’s Kawasaki. Had he not tangled with Sykes on the first lap, I have a horrible suspicion he would have pissed off into the distance as usual. I do think it was a racing incident and definitely not as aggressive as some of his (Rea’s) historical overtake moves that went unpunished. I expect to see Rea moaning on social media but that is him all over when he’s not front running. Andy
being a newbie to this class (or at least not having watch it for over a decade) im a lil out the loop . rea looks fast as fuck and mad! he was cutting his way back through the field nicely after he ran off (nicely being fucken aggressively) before he over cooked it... but the turk and redding were keeping him honest over the weekend... didnt see him disappearing into the distance at all....
Well I wouldn’t have bet on Lowes leading the world Championship after Australia. Great to see he’s not prepared to ride shotgun to Rea. Baz needs to calm down somewhat. Bayliss looks well and his lad is going to be fast by the sound of things.
Great racing. Supersport was crap for a change. Even with a tyre change (can’t last 16 laps?! Wtf?! Pirelli need to be booted out!) Redding being in well, a podium on every race can’t be bad. Super to see Lowes win again! And that he may be able to take it to Rae as a teammate for a change.
