The asphalt at the Brno circuit hit 62°c this afternoon during the Superpole session, but it wasn’t as hot as Sterilgarda Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow, who dominated all three stints and knocked out the rest of the field with a stunning lap of 1′58″018 on qualifying tires that he didn’t use in the previous two stints.
Crutchlow’s best time gave him his fourth Superpole of the season while setting the new Brno track record,Max Biaggi took second and was over 07.
25s slower that the British rider, but Biaggi won’t be too upset, because Brno is his favourite circuit and because his nearest rival in the points standings, Leon Haslam could only qualify fourteenth.
This is the first time that Pocket Rocket has failed to make it into the top ten.
Completing the front row will be Jonathan Rea, who looks like his bad period is finally over.
Rea will be followed by a strong looking Ruben Xaus who qualified fourth and making the front row for the first time this season with his S1000RR.
The second row on the grid sees Sylvain Guintoli in fifth place out qualifying his team mate, while privateer Ducati rider Luca Scassa qualified sixth ahead of Ducati factory rider Michel Fabrizio and Carlos Checa.
Noriyuki Haga had a torrid Superpole session, the Japanese rider could only take a 15th place.
Haga crashed out twice, in each of the two stints he took part in and both times loosing the front of his 1198.
Lorenzo Lanzi and James Toseland were 9th and 10th respectively, while Max Neukirchner took one of his best grid postions of his season with an 11th place.
The Ten Kate Honda rider will be followed by Tom Sykes, Leon Camier, Leon Haslam, the unlucky Haga and Shane Byrne.
Jakub Smrz could only qualify 17th in his home race.
The Czech rider had a crash in FP2 and with only an Aprilia at his disposal had to wait till his team repaired the bike and could only put in one single lap in the first stint that wasn’t good enough to place him higher.
WSBK Brno Superpole Results:1 35 Crutchlow C.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′58.
0182 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′58.
7433 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′59.
0944 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′59.
1355 50 Guintoli S.
(FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′59.
1796 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′59.
3937 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′59.
4518 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′59.
5719 57 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′59.
69910 52 Toseland J.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′59.
69911 76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′59.
82912 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′59.
83013 2 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′59.
84114 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′59.
99515 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 2′00.
25816 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 2′00.
56417 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2′00.
34118 77 Vermeulen C.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2′01.
16719 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2′01.
52320 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 2′00.
50821 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 2′01.
46322 95 Hayden R.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2′01.
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