Pirelli notes from the Nürburgring
"Pirelli made available 4 front and 4 rear tyre solutions for the Superbike grid. Of these, the new SC1 special compound "A" rear was popular with 80% of the grid, with SBK teams opting between the SC1 compound "A" or new SC2 special compound "C" on the front. The Supersport class was given a choice between 3 front and 2 rear tyres, of which the new "A" rear tyre was selected by 100% of the grid.
"From the first qualifying sessions, the SBK lap times proved an excellent performance of the new DIABLO SUPERBIKE solutions, with Checa (Ducati) registering a new best lap, broken on Saturday with Biaggi's (Aprilia) Superpole time of 1'54.595, nearly a second below the time set two years before. Rea (Honda) was the fastest in race scenario, beating his own lap record from 2009 by a second and taking the Pirelli Best Lap award in both races.
"The versatility of the new solutions were evident: 7 manufacturers in the top 7 positions for Race 1 and 5 manufacturers in the first 5 for Race 2, with a strong performance by Kawasaki's Tom Sykes who tied his best finish of the year (5th). Impressive improvements also with respect to overall race time, with Race 1 finishing 22 seconds faster than the previous year and 18 seconds faster in Race 2. Local Pirelli Superstock Series winner from Heidelberg, Jan Bühn (Yamaha), was awarded a wildcard in the Superstock 600 and managed to qualify and finish in tenth position."
Pirelli Performance Awards:
Superbike
Race 1 - Pirelli BEST LAP: Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda), 1'55.392 (Lap 5)
Race 2 - Pirelli BEST LAP: Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda), 1'55.502 (Lap 2)
Total BEST LAP (SBK): Checa (Althea Racing) 6, Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) 6, Rea (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 5, Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) 2, Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) 1, Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) 1, Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1
Supersport
Pirelli BEST LAP: Laverty (Parkalgar Honda), 1'59.027 (Lap 17)
Total BEST LAP: Sofuoglu (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 5, Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) 3, Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) 2, Pirro (HANNspree Ten Kate Honda) 1
Superstock 1000
Pirelli BEST JUMP FORWARD: Baz (MRS Yamaha), from 13th to 5th (8 positions)
Superstock 600
Pirelli BEST JUMP FORWARD: De Tournay (ASPI Yamaha), from 17th to 11th (6 positions)
