Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad GoldBet) set the fastest time in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup first qualifying session. The Reigning Champion and current leader in the points lapped the 5,902 m of the Silverstone Circuit in 2'09.110 and, despite a technical problem with ten minutes left in the session, he ended up first, ahead of last year's race winner Eddi La Marra (Barni Racing Ducati) and a surprising Matthieu Lussiana (Team ASPI Kawasaki).
2007 STK1000 Champion Niccolò Canepa (Barni Racing Ducati) finished fifth with a 0.999 seconds gap from the top, behind Frenchman Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki) and followed by Lorenzo Savadori (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) and podium finisher at Imola Ondrej Jezek (SK Energy - Fany Gastro Ducati).