Carlos leads with final session push
Saturday, 24 September 2011 14:02 GMT
Carlos leads with final session push
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) took his sixth Tissot Superpole win of the season on his Ducati at Imola, heading off Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) with a new track best of 1 minute 47.196 seconds. Rea came within a tenth of Checa in the final session, with Aprilia rider Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team) third and fastest man from combined qualifying, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) fourth, and the last rider on the front row.
Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) was fifth, Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) sixth, Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) seventh and Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) eighth. Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team), Checa's main championship rival exited in Superpole 2, and he now starts from ninth place on the grid, at the head of the third row.
