Friday, 29th February 2008

Japanese ace leads Yamaha Italia 1-2 in Phillip Island practice.

Smrz, Laconi, Checa, Makoto Tamada and Kenan Sofuoglu all took turns to head the field in the early going, before the 'big guns' had their way and took over, leaving Tamada and WSBK rookie Sofuoglu to settle for 18th and 16th respectively.

That put the pair behind the likes of Russel Holland, Roby Rolfo, Gregorio Lavilla and Lorenzo Lanzi, while reigning British Superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari took 19th, ahead of the two Yamaha France Ipone GMT 94 machines of Sebastien Gimbert and David Checa.

Vittorio Iannuzzo was the only other casualty of the session, the Italian coasting to a halt on track with problems on the Team Pedercini Kawasaki.

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