The great Steve Hislop.......... BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | Hislop on pole with a lap time of 1.31.4..............would of put him second on yesterdays Q1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!on a ducati 998!!
[h=1]Donington Park - Qualifying times (1)[/h] 24 May 2013 Full qualifying times (1) for the fifth round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship at Donington Park, United Kingdom StumbleUpon 1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 30.278s 2. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.560s 3. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 31.571s 4. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.792s 5. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.940s 6. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 31.978s 7. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 32.094s 8. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 32.103s 9. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 32.242s 10. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 32.261s 11. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 32.677s 12. Niccolo Canepa ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 33.174s 13. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 1m 33.205s 14. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 33.402s 15. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 33.530s 16. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 34.198s 17. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.405s 18. Alex ander Lundh SWE Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 37.334s 19. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 1m 38.050s Donington Park official WSBK lap records Best lap: Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 27.716 (2012) Race lap record: Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R 1m 27.716s (2011) but even 12 years on with a like for like best track i recon development is around a second every 3 years...........and that includes tyres !
It's worth bearing in mind that Foggy's was much tighter then as well making Hislop's time even more impressive.
