Roberto Tamburini (Team MotoxRacing) has taken Pole Position,  his career 3^rd, ahead of tomorrow’s penultimate FIM Superstock 1000c Cup race at Jerez this afternoon. Tamburini made it a clean sweep of Italian riders on the front row as Riccardo Russo (GM Racing) slotted into 2^nd with Raffaele de Rosa (Althea Racing) 3^rd in a session that was full of drama from the start. For Tamburini the result is significant with him being the closest to Lorenzo Savadori in terms of the overall championship standings.

Row two is headed by Czech rider Ondrej Jezek (Triple-M by Barni) who was unable to repeat his performance from Free Practice in which he was fastest. He will be joined tomorrow on row two by Fabio Massei (EAB Racing Team) and Alessandro Andreozzi (Nuova M2 Racing).

Champion elect Savadori (Nuova M2 Racing) crashed on his first flying lap, losing the front at turn 2. Unhurt he was able to remount and continue the session after a few adjustments by the team, eventually qualifying 9^th despite a last lap push in which he gave everything, almost crashing again. He lines up on the third row just behind team mate Kevin Calia and Jeremy Guarnoni (Team Trasimeno) who were 7^th and 8^th respectively.