Bayliss on Misano provisional pole

From worldsbk.com

Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) powered to provisional pole position in Friday's first WSBK qualifying session at the Misano World Circuit. After setting the second quickest time in the morning's free practice, the Australian made his decisive move five minutes from the end of the afternoon session to grab pole with a time of 1 minute, 36.863 seconds.

The points leader was the only rider to break into the 1:36 bracket, ending up three-tenths of a second ahead of Jakub Smrz, who continued his positive qualifying form on the Guandalini Ducati.

Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB) was in third while Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) recorded a resurgence in form to complete the front row of the grid in fourth.

Row 2 is headed by Nurburgring double winner Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), followed by Frenchman Régis Laconi on his San Marino-liveried Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse machine, who was immediately on the pace at the team's home race. The final two places on the second row, making it five 1098 machines in the top eight, went to Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) and Lorenzo Lanzi (RG Ducati).

Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) was slightly down on the pace this time round in ninth place, the German quite literally a fraction ahead of Karl Muggeridge (DF Racing Honda).

Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) and Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) were in some difficulty Friday, down in 14th and 15th positions.

The first Supersport qualifying session was a close-fought affair, with the top 10 riders separated by eight-tenths of a second. The quickest rider on the day, earning him provisional pole position, was Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport), just ahead of points leader Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Yamaha World Supersport teammate Fabien Foret.

Fourth place went to Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda), the top two Yamaha and Honda factory teams monopolizing the front row.

Surprise of the day was again the Australian Mark Aitchison (Triumph Italia BE1 Racing), who is getting closer to the front at every race. A good performance also came from Matthieu Lagrive (Intermoto Czech Honda), with fellow Honda runners Joshua Brookes (Hannspree Stiggy Motorsport) and Joan Lascorz (Glaner Motocard.com) right behind.

Brendan Roberts (Ducati Xerox Junior Team) set the quickest time in first Superstock 1000 qualifying, despite a crash in the morning's free practice session in which he picked up a nasty blow to his groin area. The Australian headed a trio of Italian riders, made up of Davide Giugliano (Cruciani Moto Suzuki Italia), Alessandro Polita (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) and Fabrizio Perotti (Cruciano Moto Suzuki Italia).

The second row is headed by one of the favourites, Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni), in front of points leader Xavier Simeon (Alstare Suzuki) from Belgium.

In Superstock 600, Nurburgring winner Patrick Vostarek (Intermoto Czech Honda) left it late to grab the provisional pole position from Italian Marco Bussolotti (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team). The other two places on the front row of the grid went to Italian Giuliano Gregorini (Lorini Honda) and championship leader, 15 year-old Loris Baz (YZF Yamaha Junior Team) from France.

Superbike Qualifying Results
1 Bayliss T. (AUS) Ducati 1098 F08 1:36.863
2. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1:37.139
3. Corser T. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R1 1:37.224
4. Biaggi M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1:37.477
5. Haga N. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1:37.542
6. Laconi R. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:37.574
7. Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1:37.618
8. Xaus R. (ESP) Ducati 1098 RS 08 1:37.710
9. Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:37.751
10. Muggeridge K. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1:37.752
11. Nieto F. (ESP) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:37.759
12. Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:37.819
13. Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:37.871
14. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098 F08 1:38.076
15. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.189
16. Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.202
17. Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.206
18. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.392
19. Aoyama S. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.493
20. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:38.636
21. Nakatomi S. (JPN) Yamaha YZF-R1 1:38.652
22. Gimbert S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1:38.774
23. Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF-R1 1:38.843
24. Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR1000RR 1:38.895
25. Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:39.768
26. Brignola N. (ITA) Yamaha YZF-R1 1:40.311
27. Pridmore J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1:40.395