FIRST AND SECOND IN FREE PRACTICE
Airwaves Ducati finished first in both practice sessions
at Donington Park today. Gregorio Lavilla was 1st with Leon
Haslam in 2nd in this morning’s session. Leon then recorded
the fastest time of the day to finish top in a rain disrupted
second practice.
In the first 50 minute session Gregorio Lavilla completed
18 laps, setting his quickest time of 1:32.572 on lap 14 to
finish in 1st position. Leon Haslam completed 4 more laps
than his team mate, finishing 2nd to him by only 0.009 seconds.
Leon recorded the fastest time of the day, 1:32.118, twenty
minutes into second practice, just before it was interrupted
by heavy rain. Gregorio Lavilla’s time of 1:32.942 did
not improve on his time from this morning and resulted in
a 6th place finish.
Leon was pleased with his day, “Today has gone well
for me, a 1st and 2nd is a good way to start the weekend;
hopefully we can build on that tomorrow and qualify well.
As I have said before I really like this circuit, it is my
home track, and there should be a great atmosphere this weekend
so I am looking forward to it. The weather turned on us this
afternoon but I had already got the fastest time of the day
which sets us up well for tomorrow. I will work on a few things
in the morning and then focus on achieving a front row start
or hopefully a pole position.”
Greg is also confident for the weekend following his result
in first practice; “I am pleased with my result in first
practice today, obviously the weather affected us this afternoon
so we will have to see what it is like tomorrow. I like Donington,
it suits my riding style and I enjoy racing here so tomorrow
I am aiming to qualify well and then hopefully the weather
will be alright on Sunday and I can perform well in the races.”
Qualifying for round 12 of the Bennetts British Superbike
championship takes place at 2.30pm tomorrow, Saturday September
22nd.
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