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Chaz Davies wins Laguna Seca Tissot-Superpole

Saturday, 18 July 2015 22:27 GMT

Ducati duel decides WorldSBK Pole Position in USA.

The 9th Pole Position of the 2015 eni FIM World Superbike Championship season has gone to Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team) after two enthralling 15 minute Tissot-Superpole sessions. His lap time of 1.22.101s, the fastest of the weekend kept him 0.196s ahead of the rest of the field, the British rider notching up his maiden WorldSBK Pole Position and his first since 2011 when he raced in World Supersport.

Joining Davies on the front row for tomorrow’s 25 lap races - the GEICO US round of the WorldSBK series -will be his team mate Davide Giugliano and Jordi Torres, who secured his first WorldSBK front row start on the Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils entry.

Row two will see Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) line up alongside team mate and championship leader Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) with Niccolo Canepa (Althea Racing), Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) and Sylvain Guintoli (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) making up row 3.

With the California sunshine blazing, Superpole 1 saw Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) and Leon Camier (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) progress to join the already seeded riders, the pair posting their best laps of the weekend before eventually qualifying 12th and 10th on the grid respectively.

Row 4 tomorrow comprises Camier, David Salom (Team Pedercini) and Badovini while places 13th to 15th on the grid will see Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing), Leandro Mercado (Barni Racing) and Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike Team).

For the full qualifying results and analysis please click here.