The first qualifying practice at Miller Motorsports Park saw Carlos Checa once again topped the time sheets with a best lap of 1.
48.
260 besting his earlier lap time in free practice by more than seven tenths of a second and leaving the rest of the field adrift by a massive 0.
795s.
The second spot went to Leon Camier who continued his good form into the provisional pole ahead of team mate Max Biaggi who was more than a second off from the Althea Ducati rider, but his top speed was 315.
5 km, 15 km faster than Checa’s Ducati 1198.
Tom Sykes brought the Kawasaki Ninja into fourth followed by Troy Corser and Jonathan Rea.
Jakub Smrz dropped to the seventh spot while Eugene Laverty moved up one to eighth.
Michel Fabrizio also dropped back from the earlier session from fourth to ninth, while Ayrton Badovini closed out the top ten, once again faster than Leon Haslam who could struggled to 16th on the factory BMW.
WSBK MMP QP1 results:01.
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1’48.
26002.
Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.
05503.
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.
30604.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’49.
43205.
Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1’49.
55206.
Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1’49.
62107.
Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1’49.
68308.
Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1’49.
70809.
Michel Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’49.
85510.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1’49.
88111.
Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’49.
93812.
Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1’50.
13613.
Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1’50.
14014.
Ruben Xaus (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1’50.
14915.
Joshua Waters (Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’50.
15316.
Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1’50.
15917.
Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’50.
19518.
James Toseland (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1’50.
30619.
Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’50.
64620.
Maxime Berger (Supersonic Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1’50.
71721.
Roberto Rolfo (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’51.
586