John Hopkins’s wildcard effort at Silverstone are now no longer a surprise as the Samsung Crescent Suzuki rider finished ahead of Carlos Checa in this tight QP2 practice.

The Anglo-American in the finale of the session lapped in 2.05.058s which was 0.045s faster than the Althea Ducati rider. The next two spots were taken by Ducati riders, Sylvain Guintoli on the Effenbert-Liberty machine, while Maxime Berger (Supersonic) continued his impressive performance from Q1 finishing fourth.

Marco Melandri who was a lowly 14th yesterday took fifth this morning, and Leon Camier had another strong showing with his sixth, while team mate and reigning World Champion Max Biaggi is still struggling at the back of the grid in 15th and barely made the Superpole cut.

Those who didn’t make it into Superpole were returnee Troy Corser, Castrol Honda’s replacement riders Alex Lowes and Fabrizio Lai, Joan Lascorz, Roberto Rolfo and Jon Kirkham.

WSBK Silverstone QP2 results:

01- John Hopkins – Samsung Crescent Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 2’05.058
02- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.045
03- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.350
04- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.462
05- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.529
06- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.536
07- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.539
08- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.582
09- Noriyuki Haga – Pata Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.669
10- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.818
11- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.841
12- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.867
13- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.890
14- James Toseland – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 0.922
15- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.986
16- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 1.018
17- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 1.246
18- Alex Lowes – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.466
19- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.729
20- Roberto Rolfo – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.837
21- Fabrizio Lai – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.424
22- Jon Kirkham – Samsung Crescent Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 2.831

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