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Broc Parkes (Ten Kate Racing Products Honda) scored his second pole position of the 2012 season in a close fought contest at Portimao. He held off the pressure from French riders Fabien Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step Racing) and Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda), with only 0.051 seconds separating the top three.

Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) was fourth and joins the leading trio on the front row for tomorrow’s race. Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Lorenzini) was only seventh today, but still starts off the second row, while his team-mate Sheridan Morais was fifth and Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha) sixth.