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Barrier dominates STK1000 Q1

Friday, 7 June 2013 15:58 GMT
Barrier dominates STK1000 Q1

Defending STK1000 Champion Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) has made the most out of Qualifying 1 at Portimao to get a provisional pole position, waiting for tomorrow afternoon's qualifying session number 2. The Frenchman was the only rider able to lap within the 1'45 seconds and was followed by race winner at Monza Lorenzo Savadori (Team Pedercini Kawasaki).


The former Italian and European 125 cc Champion managed to narrow the gap with the front - from 1.277 seconds in FP1 to a much smaller 0.699 - to finish ahead of Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki) and fellow-Italian Eddi La Marra (Barni Racing Ducati).


La Marra's team mate and current leader in the standings Niccolò Canepa had a steady start of the Portuguese Round, resulting in a 7th place at the flag behind Leandro Mercado (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) and Matthieu Lussiana (Team Aspi Kawasaki).


A last-lap crash for Ondrej Jezek (SK Energy - Fany Gastro Ducati) at Turn 3 deprived the Czech rider of a chance to improve his final 10th place.