Wet & almost wooly   ------ Qualifying

1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 1’41.360
2. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) 1’41.361
3. Jonathan Rea (Honda) 1’41.787
4. Marco Melandri (BMW) 1’42.115
5. Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) 1’42.209
6. Loris Baz (Kawasaki) 1’42.328
7. Carlos Checa (Ducati) 1’42.405
8. Jules Cluzel (Suzuki) 1’42.645
9. Michel Fabrizio (Aprilia) 1’43.032
10. Ayrton Badovini (Ducati) 1’43.057
11. Davide Giugliano (Aprilia) 1’43.314
12. Chaz Davies (BMW) 1’43.463
13. Leon Camier (Suzuki) 1’43.139
14. Leon Haslam (Honda) 1’43.522
15. Max Neukirchner (Ducati) 1’44.038
16. Vittorio Iannuzzo (BMW) 1’45.208
17. Alexander Lundh (Kawasaki) 1’45.361
18. Ivan Clementi (BMW) 1’45.607
19. Federico Sandi (Kawasaki) 1’47.322

It didn't look all that wet. Checa finally looked decent.

Quote from: duccarlos on June 08, 2013, 05:55:09 PM
It didn't look all that wet. Checa finally looked decent.

Wet enough for a bit that they didn't run the usual number of qualifying sessions according to the report but then the race officials were being a bit cautious.  Checa was looking good but the others got some better times as the track was drying.

Quote from: duccarlos on June 08, 2013, 05:55:09 PM
It didn't look all that wet. Checa finally looked decent.

That's what I saw too...

Ducati still down on top speed  WTF...

Great first race, but Sykes set up was off a bit. I am just crushed over the second race.  Of course - a Lavery fan might say that about the first race.  Guintoli is being "gifted" this championship, for chrissakes.  Which is a totally sour grapes remark - he has been running at the front, but I'm a big cry baby.

The WSS race was fantastic.  God, I love this 5 hour marathon of racing.  Even the 1000 STK stuff. 

WSS race definitely the best race of the weekend.

Gutted for Tom. Even moreso that he went out on a crashed bike and set a race lap record. 

I liked Steve Martin's idea about Baz dumping on the warm-up lap....

That would have been FANTASTIC. 

You can tell what generation some guys are from. I personally miss the days when rules were bent every single weekend to win races.