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Spanish temperatures hamper further improvements at the top in FP2

Friday, 18 September 2015 13:53 GMT

Hotter temperatures prevent any of the leading riders improving this afternoon.

A single FP3 session tomorrow morning will decide which of the WorldSBK riders make it into Tissot-Superpole as an increase in track temperature this afternoon prevented many of the leading riders from improving. This means the current running order is mostly unchanged with Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) heading team-mate and 2015 World Champion elect Jonathan Rea by 0.024s, the pair a fraction ahead of Alex Lowes. The Voltcom Crescent Suzuki rider elevated himself into the top ten with a time of 1.42.730s which despite a mid-session tumble bodes well for FP3 which will take place tomorrow at 0945 local time. Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team) clung on to 4th 0.099s behind Sykes after he too also failed to improve.

Niccolo Canepa (Althea Racing) retains his 5th position thanks to his efforts this morning while Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) did improve this afternoon, the Spaniard ending the day 6th  after falling for the second time in two sessions, losing the front at turn 2, a few metres up the track from where he fell in FP1.

Torres’s team-mate Leon Haslam was 7th ahead of Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing), Michele Pirro (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team), and Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team).

11th to 15th positions were the most altered -  Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) will head into tomorrow 11th ahead of Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia), Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing), Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) and Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse).

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