It was Michel Fabrizio with his Xerox Ducati that took today’s provisional pole at the Misano Adriatico circuit clocking in at 1.
037”016 in the last seconds of qualifying.
While it was Ben Spies showing again that he just has to look at a layout of track to get to know it intimately, who lead the the entire one hour session till Fabrizio nipped him.
Third went to Yukio Kagayama on his Suzuki K9 with an impressive 1.
37”209 considering that the Japanese rider is still carrying a broken ankle that he picked up at Millers Sportspark.
Jonathan Rea, Broc Parkes, Riyuichi Kyionari and Carlos Checa were 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively.
Noriyuki Haga, who is leading in the riders standings was only eighth.
Max Biaggi who notoriously concentrates on his race set up on Friday was 16th and eight tenths from Fabrizio’s provvisional pole.
John Hopkins returned o action with Stiggy Honda after his Assen injury is down in 27th.
Misano is expecting heavy rain showers tomorrow morning and light rain in the afternoon during Superpole, which could mix up the present situation and give us some surprises.
After the jump QP1 results.
1 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
0162 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′37.
1023 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′37.
2094 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
2385 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′37.
2816 Kiyonari R.
(JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
3967 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
4418 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
4519 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
49010 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′37.
50311 Nakano S.
(JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′37.
63012 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
70213 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
71014 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′37.
77315 Lavilla G.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
78616 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′37.
81317 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
89818 Nieto F.
(ESP) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′37.
97919 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′37.
99220 Hacking J.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
44121 Salom D.
(ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
52222 Lagrive M.
(FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
67123 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
75524 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
82725 Checa D.
(ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′38.
82826 Hopkins J.
(USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
85627 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′39.
06728 Polita A.
(ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′39.
30829 Resch R.
(AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′40.
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