Cal Crutchlow took his second-straight suprise Superpole in Valencia besting the more quoted Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa for the pole postion.
The Sterilgarda Yamaha rider putting in a scorching lap of 1’33.
615 in the final Superpole 3 session leaving Carlos Checa in second place and unable to better his Superpole 2 lap time.
Max Biaggi will take off from third and after running out of soft tires in Superpole 3, ran race tires putting in an impressive series of runs.
Championship points leader Leon Haslam closed the front row with his fourth spot.
Haslam made into Superpole 3 with desperate last lap and for a few minutes the timing screens went on the blink leaving everyone wondering if the Alstare Suzuki rider had made into the top 8.
When the screens went back on line Haslam had qualified and bumped out of Superpole 3 James Toseland who will taking off ninth on the grid and on row three, together with Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga, 10th and 11th and Shane Byrne 12th on the other Althea Ducati.
Troy Corser and his BMW qualified fifth, his best position so far in the season, while Sylvain Guintoli took sixth, another surprise in the session.
Seventh went to Jonathan Rea and eighth to Lorenzo Lanza, who also took a spill in the final session.
Valencia Superpole Results:1 35 Crutchlow C.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′33.
6152 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′33.
8403 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′33.
8604 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′33.
9615 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′34.
0596 50 Guintoli S.
(FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′34.
0737 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.
2358 57 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.
2619 52 Toseland J.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′33.
98810 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.
02111 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′34.
10012 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′34.
24613 2 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′34.
27314 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′34.
28015 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.
73016 76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.
93417 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′34.
75618 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′34.
89419 88 Pitt A.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′36.
08820 32 Morais S.
(RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′36.
07221 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.
10422 95 Hayden R.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.
11723 17 Andrews S.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.
32924 31 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′36.
52425 123 Resch R.
(AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1′36.
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