11th pole for Spies and 3rd row for Haga…

This afternoon in Portimao, Ben Spies and his official R1 won their 11th pole – out of 14! – in the World Superbike. Beating by more than a second the record set last year by rookie Troy Bayliss Himself – yes! – American therefore takes a definite advantage over his n ° 41 enemy in the championship, Noriyuki Haga.

This afternoon in Portimao, Ben Spies and his official R1 won their 11th pole – out of 14! – in the World Superbike. Beating by more than a second the record set last year by rookie Troy Bayliss Himself – yes! – American therefore takes a definite advantage over his n ° 41 enemy in the championship, Noriyuki Haga.

Indeed, the Japanese driver and his 1098 stumbled in the second phase of the Superpole and will start tomorrow from a distant 10th place … Nitro Nori, who has 10 small points ahead in the championship over Elbowz, is therefore going seriously having to whip his factory 1098 !

Behind Ben, more than half a second away, is Shane Byrne. The English driver had marked the spirits on the same Portuguese circuit during the pre-season testing … Could the English driver and his private Ducati play the referees? Unless Haga’s teammate, Michel Fabrizio – 3rd in the Superpole – does it ?

It will also be necessary to watch the hot British Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam, both on Honda CBR 100 RR. Max Biaggi, Fonsi Nieto, Troy Corser and Jakub Smrz will be all baffles to negotiate for Haga: tomorrow, the show should be grandiose !

Finally, congratulations to Sylvain Guintoli who qualifies in 11th place: great performance for a first in the World Superbike! Matthieu Lagrive and David Checa will start respectively from 17th and 25th place.

• 1. Ben Spies Yamaha WSB YZF R1 1 ‘42.412
• 2. Shane Byrne Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1 ‘42.996
• 3. Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox 1098R 1 ‘43.015
• 4. Jonathan Rea HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR 1 ‘43.126
• 5. Leon Haslam Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1 ‘43.523
• 6. Max Biaggi Aprilia Racing RSV-4 1 ‘43.526
• 7. Fonsi Nieto DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1 ‘43.553
• 8. Troy Corser BMW Motorrad S1000RR 1 ‘44.719
• 9. Jakub Smrz Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1 ‘43.240
• 10. Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox 1098R 1 ‘43.377
• 11. Sylvain Guintoli Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9 1 ‘43.406
• …
• 17. Matthieu Lagrive Althea Honda CBR1000RR 1 ‘44.453
• …
• 25. David Checa Yamaha France GMT 94 1 ‘46.006

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