Qatar WSBK: Rea denies Hayden pole
Title favourite Jonathan Rea topped the final Superpole session of the World Superbike season in Qatar, beating Nicky Hayden at the very end of the session.
Jonathan Rea, Kawasaki Racing
Kawasaki Racing Team
Rea led the first half of the session but he was quickly demoted by Jordi Torres during the final flyers.
Honda duo Michael van der Mark and Hayden both lowered the benchmark, the latter staying ahead until Rea set his best time of 1m56.356s.
Hayden and Chaz Davies will start from the front row, the duo separated by four hundredths.
Sylvain Guintoli took fourth as Tom Sykes, Rea's only remaining title rival, was fifth.
Guintoli's Yamaha teammate Alex Lowes was more than half a second adrift in sixth, followed by Xavi Fores and Lorenzo Savadori.
Van der Mark, who had dominated Superpole 1, ended up ninth, with Torres eventually settling for 10th.
Superpole 2 results
Cla | Driver | Bike | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonathan Rea | Kawasaki | 1'56.356 | |
2 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 1'56.561 | 0.205 |
3 | Chaz Davies | Ducati | 1'56.602 | 0.246 |
4 | Sylvain Guintoli | Yamaha | 1'56.866 | 0.510 |
5 | Tom Sykes | Kawasaki | 1'56.935 | 0.579 |
6 | Alex Lowes | Yamaha | 1'57.014 | 0.658 |
7 | Xavi Forés | Ducati | 1'57.018 | 0.662 |
8 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1'57.094 | 0.738 |
9 | Michael van der Mark | Honda | 1'57.126 | 0.770 |
10 | Jordi Torres | BMW | 1'57.485 | 1.129 |
11 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati | 1'57.956 | 1.600 |
12 | Leon Camier | MV Agusta | 1'58.480 | 2.124 |
Superpole 1 results
Cla | Driver | Bike | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael van der Mark | Honda | 1'57.550 | |
2 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati | 1'58.231 | 0.681 |
3 | Raffaele De Rosa | BMW | 1'58.289 | 0.739 |
4 | Josh Brookes | BMW | 1'58.437 | 0.887 |
5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 1'58.518 | 0.968 |
6 | Leon Haslam | Kawasaki | 1'58.622 | 1.072 |
7 | Markus Reiterberger | BMW | 1'58.633 | 1.083 |
8 | Karel Abraham | BMW | 1'58.934 | 1.384 |
9 | Roman Ramos | Kawasaki | 1'58.958 | 1.408 |
10 | Saeed Al Sulaiti | Kawasaki | 1'59.734 | 2.184 |
11 | Luca Scassa | Ducati | 1'59.792 | 2.242 |
12 | Gianluca Vizziello | Kawasaki | 1'59.968 | 2.418 |
13 | Pawel Szkopek | Yamaha | 2'00.876 | 3.326 |
14 | Dominic Schmitter | Kawasaki | 2'01.624 | 4.074 |
15 | Peter Sebestyen | Yamaha | 2'01.667 | 4.117 |
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