French star overcomes the conditions to win wet Superpole
Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) made the best of the continuing difficult and changeable track conditions at Monza to record his first ever Tissot-Superpole win. A wet Superpole was called which meant that there would be only two sessions, each of 20 minutes duration, with the slowest eight riders eliminated after the first session. As soon as the session started bright sunshine started to dry the wet track surface, particularly on the main straight, but further small showers were evident around the track before the finish.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) was unable to quite reach the level of Guintoli, as he failed to win the pole prize for the first time this year. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) was third, Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) fourth. The second row of the grid for Sunday's races will be headed by Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) with Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing), Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert) and Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) alongside him.
