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Sylvain Barrier on pole for the STK1000 class

Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:10 GMT
Sylvain Barrier on pole for the STK1000 class

Defending Champion Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team) scored his 9th pole position of his career today at Alcaniz Motorland Aragon. His lap-time of 2'01.347 was 0.287 seconds faster than former STK1000 champion Niccolò Canepa (Barni Racing Team Ducati), who showed a good synergy with the 1199 Panigale on what is not the best track for the L-Twin machine from Borgo Panigale.


Third place Lorenzo Savadori (Team Pedercini) was the last rider able to lap within the 2'01 bracket and finished ahead of team mates Leandro Mercado and rookie Alessandro Andreozzi. Johannesburg-born Greg Gildenhuys (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) will start his first STK1000 race as full-time rider (second overall) from the 6th grid slot, while 2012 title contenders Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki) and Eddi La Marra (Barni Racing Ducati) will move off from the 3rd row, in 7th and 8th place respectively.