#ItalianWorldSBK: “IN ITALY, I ALWAYS FEEL GOOD”
The series’ round five, however, is an absolutely new terrority for the World Superbike rookie.
Stefan Bradl has never done a lap aboard a race bike at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari thus far. Therefore, the 27-year-old from Germany faces a big challenge ahead of him for this weekend’s Italian round. Over the course during one lap, the Imola track includes a mixture of fast and flowing sections and several chicanes with typical stop-and-go character. In addition, there are several blind corners and hard breaking areas in downhill sections. Bradl has been listening to his Superbikes colleagues before heading to Imola but on all sides, he just heard about the most physically demanding race track on the calendar. Therefore, Friday morning’s first free practice will be very important for the further course of the weekend.
The FIM Superbike World Championship’s calendar contains 13 rounds including one race on Saturday and Sunday each. The race bikes are based on production Superbikes. All race will be broadcasted live on Austrians channel ServusTV. The programme ist to be viewed in free TV in the entire German speaking area of Central Europe.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team, Honda CBR1000RR SP2):
“I’m looking forward to the Italian round this weekend. The weather here is usually nice and warm. So, I hope it will be this weekend too. I have never been in Imola before. I, therefore, have no experience at this track at all. In this respect, it will be a huge challenge because I heard that the circuit is very challenging with several blind corners and many different elevation changes. Obviously, it will not be an easy task to find the right line straight away. But as always, I will try and do my best to get familiarized to the track as quick as possible during the first session and continue in this way with every further exits.”
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari – Streckeninformationen:
Länge: 4.936 Meter
Kurven: 22 (13 Links / 9 Rechts)
Website: www.autodromoimola.it
WorldSBK Beste Superpole: 1´46.289 (2014)
WorldSBK Rundenrekord: 1´46.707 (2015)
Zeitplan (MESZ):
Freitag, 12. Mai: 09:45 – 10:45 FP1
Freitag, 12. Mai: 14:30 – 15:30 FP2
Samstag, 13. Mai: 08:45 – 09:10 FP3
Samstag, 13. Mai: 10:30 – 10:45 SP1
Samstag, 13. Mai: 10:55 – 11:10 SP2
Samstag, 13. Mai: 13:00 Rennen 1 (19 Runden – 93,784 km)
Sonntag, 14. Mai: 09:30 – 09:45 Warm Up
Sonntag, 14. Mai: 13:00 Rennen 2 (19 Runden – 93,784 km)
WorldSBK WM-Stand 2017:
1 Jonathan REA / GBR / Kawasaki / 195
2 Tom SYKES / GBR / Kawasaki / 131
3 Chaz DAVIES / GBR / Ducati / 111
4 Marco MELANDRI / ITA / Ducati / 97
5 Alex LOWES / GBR / Yamaha / 76
6 Michael van der MARK / NED / Yamaha / 62
7 Xaxi FORES / SPA / Ducati / 60
8 Jordi TORRES / SPA / BMW / 57
9 Leon CAMIER / GBR / MV Agusta / 54
10 Eugene LAVERTY / IRL / Aprilia / 46
11 Nicky HAYDEN / USA / Honda / 36
12 Stefan BRADL / GER / Honda / 35
13 Román RAMOS / SPA / Kawasaki / 32
14 Leandro MERCADO / ARG / Aprilia / 28
15 Lorenzo SAVADORI / ITA / Aprilia / 21