Scassa soars yet again to take pole
Close behind was Sam Lowes (Parkalgar Honda) with the rest of the top riders a little way back and led by Broc Parkes (Motocard.com Kawasaki). The last rider on the front row was Fabien Foret (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda).
New young star in this class Florian Marino, Foret's team-mate, was fifth in the grid rankings and Chaz Davies was sixth for the Yamaha ParkinGO team. Spanish competitor David Salom (Motocard.com Kawasaki) and Italian Roberto Tamburini (Bike Service RT Yamaha) closed out the second row, with 30 riders qualifying in total.