Superbike World Championship
Of Kay Hettich – 01/23/2020 06:45
It speaks for the confidence of Kawasaki star Jonathan Rea to miss the rainy first day of testing in Jerez. Why the five-time superbike world champion preferred to stay in the warm box.
The weather doesn’t mean well at the beginning of the new year with the Superbike World Championship. On the first day of testing in Jerez it rained poorly, the forecast for Thursday is just as scary. Nevertheless, there was a lot going on the slopes, 20 Superbike pilots dared to ride their motorcycles.
Only world champion Jonathan Rea thankfully waived, the Kawasaki driver preferred to watch the competition on the track. «There was simply nothing to win for me. I can’t learn anything when it rains and we don’t have any new material with us, which absolutely had to be tested, »said the 32-year-old. «And I know that I’m always fast in the rain. I have won every rain race since Nicky Hayden in Sepang 2016. The set-up has to be practically permanently adapted and it is easy to get lost in a test. That’s why tests in the wet don’t help me. In addition, slips with injuries happen quickly. »
Surprisingly, his former team-mate Leon Haslam set the fastest lap time on Wednesday with the new Honda CBR1000RR-R. “Times are meaningless,” Rea said. «One claims that he is the fastest, but drove on an almost dry line. Others are 2-3 seconds slower, but ski on a wet track. »
Times Superbike test Jerez, January 22nd 2020:
1 Leon Haslam, Honda, 1: 52.149 min
2 Michael van der Mark, Yamaha, 1: 52.180
3 Garrett Gerloff, Yamaha, 1: 52.213
4 Scott Redding, Ducati, 1: 52.508
5 Loris Baz, Yamaha, 1: 52.660
6 Tom Sykes, BMW, 1: 53.097
7 Alex Lowes, Kawasaki, 1: 53.246
8 Toprak Razgatlioglu, Yamaha, 1: 53.494
9 Federico Caricasulo, Yamaha, 1: 53.676
10 Alvaro Bautista, Honda, 1: 54.824
11 Leandro Mercado, Ducati, 1: 55.361
12 Maximilian Scheib, Kawasaki, 1: 55.884
13 Eugene Laverty, BMW, 1: 56.015
14 Sylvain Barrier, Ducati, 1: 56.105
15 Chaz Davies, Ducati, 1: 58.684
16 Sandro Cortese, Ducati, 1: 59.030
17 Michael Rinaldi, Ducati, 2: 04.148
Supersport test times:
1 Federico Fuligni, MV Agusta, 1: 57.347 min
2 Steven Odendaal, Yamaha, 1: 57.669
3 Randy Krummenacher, MV Agusta, 1: 57.816
4 Jules Cluzel, Yamaha, 1: 57.959
5 Corentin Perolari, Yamaha, 1: 58.154
6 Jamie van Sikkelerus, Yamaha, 2: 05.583
7 Loris Cresson, Yamaha, 2: 26.532
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