Superpole 1:
The top sixteen from the combined qualifying sessions were out quickly, though Fabrizio did not complete his first lap. Checa took an early lead over the times of Laverty, Biaggi, and Melandri with eight minutes remaining. Without improving his time, Checa returned to the garage with much of the rest of the field for settings changes and another set of laps in the first Superpole session. Fabrizio made his way back out, along with Smrz and Badovini.
Rea, down in eleventh, continued to use race tires in qualifying with four minutes remaining. At that point, Lascorz, Smrz, Berger, and Fabrizio were in the knockout zone, though only Fabrizio had yet to set a time. Checa still led with just under three minutes remaining, as the relegation zone remained the same. As the final seconds ticked down, Guintoli, Badovini Lascorz, and Berger were about to be dropped in S1, as Fabrizio had moved up to tenth fastest. As the flag flew, Checa still led with his early fast time, joined by Guintoli, Laverty, and Biaggi as the provisional front row. Knocked Out in Superpole 1: 13. Leon Camier, 14. Maxime Berger, 15. Ayrton Badovini, 16. Joan Lascorz.
Superpole 2:
The twelve riders got straight to business for the second Superpole session, though ?Biaggi slowed on his first flying lap,? according to Castrol Honda on Twitter, though he soon picked up pace with his second fast lap. Melandri (1:54.936) was the early leader, over Haslam, Rea, and Guintoli with seven minutes remaining. Checa, Laverty, and Sykes had yet to set a time at that point. Checa (1:54.709) went straight to the top, leaving Aitchison, Guintoli, Smrz, and Fabrizio in the knockout zone and five minutes on the clock.
Hoever, Laverty?s lap was just a hundredth slower than the Spaniard as many riders headed back to the garage for final adjustments. Checa still led from the garage with a minute remaining, as Smrz, Aitchison, Guintoli, and Fabrizio looked for a way to move forward and fight for the first two starting rows in S3. Rea, out again on a race tire, was dropped to ninth fastest as Guintoli improved to sixth. On a final lap, Rea was unable to improve. Checa again finished the session fastest with his early time, leading a provisional front row of Laverty, Melandri, and Haga. Knocked Out in Superpole 2: 9. Jonathan Rea, 10. Jakub Smrz, 11. Mark Aitchison, 12. Michel Fabrizio.
Superpole 3:
Yet again Checa (1:54.144) took an early lead in the session, with the Yamaha duo of Laverty and Melandri behind. Haga completed the provisional front row with four minutes remaining in the chase for pole. Soon Biaggi bettered his time and slide into third fastest, six tenths off Checa?s time. Haga was on his way out of the garages while Checa and Laverty ducked back in with two minutes left. Still, Checa?s fast lap was a new best lap at the circuit. As the seconds ticked down, there seemed nothing any of the other riders could do to catch Checa, who will start both races on Sunday on pole.
Superpole Results from World Superbike at Nurburgring, Germany:
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Time | Diff. |
1. | 7 | Carlos Checa | Althea Racing Ducati | 1:54.144 | - |
2. | 58 | Eugene Laverty | Yamaha WSBK Team | 1:54.512 | 0.368 |
3. | 1 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team | 1:54.743 | 0.599 |
4. | 33 | Marco Melandri | Yamaha WSBK Team | 1:54.818 | 0.674 |
5. | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | PATA Racing Team Aprilia | 1:55.113 | 0.969 |
6. | 66 | Tom Sykes | Paul Bird Racing Kawasaki | 1:55.223 | 1.079 |
7. | 91 | Leon Haslam | Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team | 1:55.237 | 1.093 |
8. | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Team Effenbert-Liberty Ducati | 1:55.249 | 1.105 |
Out After Superpole 2 | |||||
9. | 4 | Jonathan Rea | Castrol Honda | 1:55.321 | 0.612 |
10. | 96 | Jakub Smrz | Team Effenbert-Liberty Ducati | 1:55.598 | 0.889 |
11. | 8 | Mark Aitchison | Team Pedericini Kawasaki | 1:55.625 | 0.916 |
12. | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Team Suzuki Alstare | 1:56.177 | 1.468 |
Out After Superpole 1 | |||||
13. | 2 | Leon Camier | Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team | 1:55.633 | 0.992 |
14. | 121 | Maxime Berger | Supersonic Racing Ducati | 1:55.811 | 1.170 |
15. | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | BMW Motorrad Italia | 1:56.101 | 1.460 |
16. | 17 | Joan Lascorz | Paul Bird Racing Kawasaki | 1:56.162 | 1.521 |
Not qualified for Superpole | |||||
17. | 11 | Troy Corser | BMW Motorrad | 1:56.401 | 1.371 |
18. | 52 | James Toseland | BMW Motorrad Italia | 1:56.637 | 1.607 |
19. | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team Pedericini Kawaski | 1:56.966 | 1.966 |
20. | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Castrol Honda | 1:57.950 | 2.920 |
Source: WSBK; Photo:
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