Superpole Portimao: Sykes will start in front of Rea and Davies

While Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) was the fastest this morning under sunny Portimao (Portugal) ahead of Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team, first in practice on Friday), and Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team, third in the standings combined), it is finally Tom Sykes who signs on the Portuguese circuit his third pole position of the year,…

While Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) was the fastest this morning under sunny Portimao (Portugal) ahead of Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team, first in practice on Friday), and Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team, third in the standings combined), it is finally Tom Sykes who signs on the Portuguese circuit his third pole position of the year, the 22nd of his career .

The Kawasaki rider will start tomorrow in Portimao ahead of Jonathan Rea and Chaz Davies (Ducati Superbike Team) while the French side, Loris Baz (Kawasaki), will start in 5th position, Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) in 6th, Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia) in 10th, Jeremy Guarnoni (Kawasaki) in 22nd and Fabien Foret (Kawasaki) in 23rd.

Also note, 4 minutes before the end of the session, the fall of Claudio Corti who was transported to the medical center but does not suffer from any serious injury.

To be continued from tomorrow almost live on MNC: stay connected !

Superpole World Superbike Portimao 2014

1. 1 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’42.484
2. 65 J. REA GBR PATA Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1’42.765
3. 7 C. DAVIES GBR Ducati Superbike Team Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1’42.924
4. 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’43.038
5. 76 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R 1’43.048
6. 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’43.076
7. 58 E. LAVERTY IRL Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’43.245
8. 34 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Ducati Superbike Team Ducati 1199 Panigale R 1’43.317
9. 91 L. HASLAM GBR PATA Honda World Superbike Honda CBR1000RR 1’43.475
10. 52 S. BARRIER FRA BMW Motorrad Italia SBK BMW S1000 RR EVO 1’43.754
11. 22 A. LOWES GBR Voltcom Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’43.840
12. 44 D. SALOM ESP Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R EVO 1’44.361

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