From worldsbk.com
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) scorched round the new-look Donington Park circuit in a blistering time of 1 minute 28.794 seconds on Friday to head off a challenge from Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike) as the World Superbike riders concluded their first qualifying session.
Biaggi's final advantage over Melandri was just a fraction, with the two Italians the only riders into the 1:28 bracket.
Carlos Checa was also on the pace, grabbing the lead in the middle of the session, but the Althea Racing man eventually ended up third, while Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike) completed the overnight front row.
The hard-fought session saw a series of surprises as both Leon Haslam and Troy Corser were up among the frontrunners for a while on their BMW S 1000RR machines, together with Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team), while two fallers today were Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) and Michel Fabrizio (Suzuki Alstare).
Following his win in the opening World Supersport round of the season, Italian Luca Scassa (Yamaha ParkinGO) continued his excellent run of form by setting the provisional pole at the end of Friday afternoon's first qualifying session. His time of 1:31.232 was just a fraction quicker than Britain's Sam Lowes, in second place on the Parkalgar Honda machine.
The two Motocard.com Kawasaki ZX-6Rs were next up, with Australia's Broc Parkes ahead of Spain's David Salom.
Superbike Qualifying Results
(courtesy Yamaha)
1. Max Biaggi (Aprilia) ITA 1:28.794
2. Marco Melandri (Yamaha) ITA 1:28.841
3. Carlos Checa (Ducati) ESP 1:29.194
4. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha) GBR 1:29.379
5. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) CZE 1:29.397
6. Leon Haslam (BMW) GBR 1:29.472
7. Troy Corser (BMW) AUS 1:29.476
8. Ruben Xaus (Honda) ESP 1:29.613
9. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) ESP 1:29.637
10. Leon Camier (Aprilia) GBR 1:29.639
11. Noriyuki Haga (Aprilia) JPN 1:29.851
12. Maxime Berger (Ducati) FRA 1:29.851
13. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) GBR 1:29.860
14. Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) FRA 1:30.008
15. Ayrton Badovini (BMW) ITA 1:30.169
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