Foret opens up the action in Supersport testing

The World Supersport category started the ball rolling in official testing at Phillip Island this morning, just a few days before the start of the 2012 championship season. 27 riders went out on the track in the morning session in slightly cloudy conditions, but with 24° temperatures.

Kawasaki dominated the 90 minute session with the top two times for two former champions: Fabien Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini). The Frenchman lapped in 1'35.140, close to his own lap record (but set on a Honda) of 1'34.941. Turkey's Sofuoglu was a couple of tenths behind. Third quickest was Broc Parkes, the singleton Honda Ten Kate rider and anotehr of the favourites for the 2012 title.

Two East Europeans were next up, Balazs Nemeth (Team Toth Honda) in fourth and Lukas Pesek (PRORACE Honda) in fifth, while Jules Cluzel was the first of the multi-rider PTR operation in the timesheets in sixth.

Supersport will be back on track again at 1330 local time.

Supersport records at Phillip Island
Fastest Lap: Fabien Foret (Honda) 1'34.941 (168.485 km/h) - 2011
Best Lap: Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) 1'33.847 (170.512 km/h) - 2010

Supersport - Monday 1st

POS NO. RIDER BIKE TIME
1 99 Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'35.140
2 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'35.377
3 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'35.897
4 38 Nemeth B. (HUN) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.652
5 52 Pesek L. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 1'36.784
6 16 Cluzel J. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.048
7 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.102
8 25 Baldolini A. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'37.172
9 11 Lowes S. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.405
10 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'37.520
11 20 Scholtz M. (RSA) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.766
12 19 Szkopek P. (POL) Honda CBR600RR 1'37.848
13 34 Quarmby R. (RSA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.180
14 69 Jezek O. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.206
15 22 Tamburini R. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.443
16 10 Toth I. (HUN) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.538
17 32 Morais S. (RSA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'38.689
18 87 Marconi L. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'38.993
19 40 Jessopp M. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.284
20 98 Lanusse R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'39.481
21 65 Leonov V. (RUS) Yamaha YZF R6 1'39.526
22 8 Antonelli A. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.536
23 13 Lombardi D. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'39.835
24 64 Day J. (USA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'40.457
25 61 Menghi F. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'40.911
26 27 Caiani T. (SUI) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.319
27 33 Polzer Y. (AUT) Yamaha YZF R6 1'41.913