WSBK -- Imola -- Spoilers, of course

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It's good to see Giugliano getting back on and going fast right out of the gate (Results from Crash.net):

Full free practice results (1) from the fifth round of the 2015 World Superbike Championship at Imola, Italy.

1. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 48.056s
2. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 48.275s
3. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 48.320s
4. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 48.479s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 48.779s
6. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 49.081s
7. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 49.696s
8. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 49.850s
9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 49.978s
10. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 50.052s
11. Michel Fabrizio ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 50.150s
12. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 50.289s
13. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 50.400s
14. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 51.473s
15. Niccolo Canepa ITA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 52.388s
16. Leandro Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 52.412s
17. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 53.044s
18. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R1m 53.340s
19. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 53.940s
20. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 54.159s
21. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 56.025s

Full free practice results (2) from the fifth round of the 2015 World Superbike Championship at Imola, Italy.

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 47.344s
2. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 47.517s
3. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 47.582s
4. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 47.686s
5. Leon Haslam GBR Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 48.054s
6. Alex Lowes GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 48.660s
7. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italia S1000RR 1m 48.729s
8. David Salom ESP Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 49.073s
9. Leandro Mercado ARG Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 49.201s
10. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 49.296s
11. Matteo Baiocco ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 49.403s
12. Michel Fabrizio ITA Althea Ducati 1199R 1m 49.601s
13. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Honda CBR1000RR 1m 49.651s
14. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta F4 RR 1m 49.850s
15. Jordi Torres ESP Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 49.966s
16. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R1m 50.126s
17. Niccolo Canepa ITA Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 51.059s
18. Randy de Puniet FRA Voltcom Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 52.132s
19. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 52.580s
20. Christophe Ponsson FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 53.138s.
21. Gabor Rizmayer HUN Team Toth BMW S1000RR 1m 53.813s
22. Santiago Barragan ESP Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 53.852s

[duccarlos]

It's good to see Giugliano getting back on and going fast right out of the gate (Results from Crash.net)

+1 I've always enjoyed watching races in Imola and seeing Giugliano up there with apparently no rust is great, but is he fit enough to last both races?

[duccarlos]

Superpole!

1 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team Ducati Panigale R 1'46.382 5 167,036 278,5
2 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.466 0.084 0.084 5 166,904 275,6
3 65 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'46.503 0.121 0.037 6 166,846 280,0
4 7 C. DAVIES GBR Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team Ducati Panigale R 1'46.672 0.290 0.169 7 166,582 279,2
5 91 L. HASLAM GBR Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'46.854 0.472 0.182 4 166,298 277,8
6 81 J. TORRES ESP Aprilia Racing Team - Red Devils Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'47.394 1.012 0.540 6 165,462 280,0
7 36 L. MERCADO ARG BARNI Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 1'47.628 1.246 0.234 7 165,102 279,2
8 86 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team BMW S1000 RR 1'48.147 1.765 0.519 7 164,310 276,3
9 60 M. VD MARK NED PATA Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR SP 1'48.225 1.843 0.078 6 164,191 270,0
10 44 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'48.524 2.142 0.299 6 163,739 271,3
11 22 A. LOWES GBR VOLTCOM Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'48.730 2.348 0.206 6 163,429 274,9
12 2 L. CAMIER GBR MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 1000 F4 0

[duccarlos]

Good to see non-British riders up there for a change.

[ducpainter]

Good to see non-British riders up there for a change.

Yup...cuz 4 out of the top 5 isn't up there.

[MadDuck]

Yup...cuz 4 out of the top 5 isn't up there.

 

I, for one, am loving it.

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Rea

[ducpainter]

Rea

He's on top of his game right now. All those years slogging that Fireblade around, and Honda basically kicked him in the nuts.

Glad he made the move to a winning bike.

[Triple J]

Rea

Showing how good he really is.

Tough day for Ducati...looked like two mechanical DNFs for Davies...ouch!

[duccarlos]

Yup...cuz 4 out of the top 5 isn't up there.

At least it's something! Seeing Giugliano on the podium was awesome.

[MadDuck]

Did anyone else notice that Gigi Dall'igna was cruising around Imola chatting up with the Ducati team and was even around over with the Kawasaki boys?  Didn't see him anywhere near the Aprilia camp though and whilst he was on camera a bit the announcers didn't mention squat.

[ducpainter]

Did anyone else notice that Gigi Dall'igna was cruising around Imola chatting up with the Ducati team and was even around over with the Kawasaki boys?  Didn't see him anywhere near the Aprilia camp though and whilst he was on camera a bit the announcers didn't mention squat.

The Eurosport feed made plenty of mention of it.

They even showed Dall'igna giving Giuliano a big hug in parc ferme.

[duccarlos]

Why was he hanging with the Kawi boys? Just being friendly? Hoping to catch a glimpse?

[Triple J]

Why was he hanging with the Kawi boys? Just being friendly? Hoping to catch a glimpse?

...trying to convince Johnny Rea he should be on a Ducati. 

...and that he's going to fix the 1199 next. 

[duccarlos]

Something tells me we're going to see the first production V4 Ducati superbike in the near future.