At the circuit of Tor Poznan the fourth round of the S2 Championship is held this weekend. After a few days of bad and cold weather conditions the crowd enjoyed the practices in sunny and warmer conditions. In S2 it was Italian rider Diego Monticelli who was the fastest on his factory TM.
The leader of the 2016 S2 European championship, Suzuki Grau rider Petr Vorlicek started his race weekend perfectly with the fastest time on the final lap in the first free practice in the S2 class. Behind the Czech rider it was his fellow countryman TMS Honda rider Milan Sitniansky who set the second fastest time 00.430 seconds behind Vorlicek. Third place was for Gazza Racing rider Luca Ciaglia in this first session. Diego Monticelli and Giovanni Bussei were placed back ten positions because of disrespecting the red crossed medical flag. After his race win in Busca TM Factory Racing rider Diego Monticelli showed he was still in the winning mood and learned from his mistake in the first session. With a time of 1:02.272 in lap 21 the Italian rider was the fastest in the second free practice before Suzuki Grau rider Petr Vorlicek who followed on 00.378 seconds. For Giovanni Bussei Poznan was the return in the S2 class after his injury, in free practice two he set the third fastest time and showed his was still there to fight for every position. In the afternoon under sunny conditions it was time for the timed practice session. Again it was TM rider Diego Monticelli who was fastest with a lap time of 1:02.272 in lap 18 of the session. It was not an easy win as Giovanni Bussei was the whole session within tenths of a second behind Monticelli. At the end of the session he had to settle for second with a difference of 00.055 seconds. Behind the two Italian riders TMS Honda rider Milan Sitniansky set the third time and completed the first start row in the S2 class.
S2 Time Practice Top Ten: 1. MONTICELLI Diego (ITA, TM) 01:01.920; 2. BUSSEI Giovanni (ITA, TM) 01:01.975; 3. SITNIANSKY Milan (CZE, Honda) 01:02.382; 4. VORLICEK Petr (CZE, Suzuki) 01:02.444; 5. PROMUTICO Lorenzo (ITA, Honda) 01:03.409; 6. CIAGLIA Luca (ITA, Honda) 01:03.424; 7. LLADOS Joan (ESP, TM) 01:03.516; 8. KAIVERS Romain (BEL, KTM) 01:03.626; 9. PALS Patrik (EST, TM) 01:03.944; 10. FAGRE Kevin (SWE, Yamaha) 01:04.204
