Sykes takes ‘Wet' Tissot-Superpole win at the seaside
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was a clear winner in Tissot-Superpole at the eni FIM Superbike World Championship round at Misano, his fifth success in 2012 thus far. His best lap time of 1 minute 35.375 seconds was the best of the weekend to date, with Sykes over 0.6 seconds faster than the next best rider, Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team). Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) was a great third at his home round, while another local hero, Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) was fourth.
Top names like Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing), Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) did not get out of Superpole 1 and thus Biaggi starts Sunday's races from the third row, with Melandri and Checa on the fourth.
