Point’s leader Leon Haslam continues to show his great form after conceding only 0.
060s during the first practice session, Pocket Rocket came back during this provisional pole session at Portimao to top the timesheets with a best lap of 1′43.
476 leaving a surging Michel Fabrizio on the Xerox Ducati in second and just 0.
032s from the Brit rider.
Carlos Checa came back from his 12th spot in the first session to take third and Max Biaggi was fourth.
James Toseland was fifth in front of Yamaha Sterilgarda team mate Cal Crutchlow, who took the sixth spot.
Two private Ducati’s were in the 7th and 8th positions, with Shane Byrne on the Althea Ducati and Jakub Smrz with PATA B&G.
Leon Camier on the other Aprilia RSV4 Factory was 9th and Jonathan Rea closed out the top ten.
Still down on the charts was Noriyuki Haga who was once again eleventh and Max Neukirchner and Sylvain Guintoli who were in the top ten in the first session back pedaled to finish in 13th and 14th respectively.
QP1 Lap Times after the jump.
1 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′43.
4762 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′43.
5083 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′43.
6454 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′43.
6885 52 Toseland J.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.
7356 35 Crutchlow C.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.
7697 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′43.
8818 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′43.
9329 2 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′44.
04110 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.
04211 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′44.
09812 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.
20313 76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.
27214 50 Guintoli S.
(FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′44.
42315 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.
55916 57 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′44.
85117 88 Pitt A.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.
85218 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′45.
36819 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′45.
40620 49 Tamada M.
(JPN) BMW S1000 RR 1′45.
52221 32 Morais S.
(RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.
93322 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′46.
09623 95 Hayden R.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′46.
65724 31 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′47.
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