Ben Spies took his 6th straight pole position during the Superpole knockout at the Kyalami circuit beating out Michel Fabrizio by a mere one thousanth of a second and has equaled Doug Polen’s 1991 record.
Third place went to Max Biaggi on the Aprilia RSV4 who also set the top speed record and fourth went to a still suffering Noriyuki Haga who was hit by a pigeon at Monza and almost didn’t make the last splint, but managed to knockout Biaggi’s team mate Shinya Nakano during the second stint.
The second row of the starting grid will see Jonathan Rea on his Honda Ten Kate and satellite Guandalini Ducati rider Jakub Smrz, Carlos Checa will be starting in 7th place while Spies team mate Tom Sykes is in 8th.
Superpole Results:1 19 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′37.
2882 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
2893 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′37.
4664 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
5445 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
6346 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′37.
6777 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
9408 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′38.
2419 56 Nakano S.
(JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′37.
93510 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′37.
98811 132 Morais S.
(RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
01312 9 Kiyonari R.
(JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
08113 71 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′38.
13014 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
17115 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′38.
19416 36 Lavilla G.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
73317 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
76618 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
77919 25 Salom D.
(ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
88020 33 Hill T.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′39.
00121 10 Nieto F.
(ESP) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′39.
83122 31 Muggeridge K.
(AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′39.
85223 17 Martin S.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′41.
22724 49 Whyte S.
(RSA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′41.
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