Michel Fabrizio took provisional pole position with a 1′30.775 lap this afternoon in a wet to dry qualifying session at Donington Park, only four tenths of a second from Troy Bayliss’s 2007 record.

Leon Haslam was second, but four tenths from the Xerox Ducati rider. Third was Ben Spies who could not better his earlier free practice times. Former BSB Champion, Gregorio Lavilla was fourth fastest with his Guandalini Ducati while another BSB Champion, Shane Byrne was fifth even if binned his Ducati.

Wild card Leon Camier who is leading in this year’s BSB Championship took sixth. Jakub Smrz, the other Ducati Guandalini rider was seventh and Lorenzo Lanzi on the private Ducati DFX, 8th. Carlos Checa was 9th while points leader Noriyuki Haga rounded out the top ten. Tom Sykes and James Ellison didn’t make it into the top ten, ending the day in 11th and 12th.

Max Biaggi who turned 38 today was 13th, while John Hopkins lost seven positions from the first free practice to take 14th. Winner of Misano race 2, Jonathan Rea was only 15th. Both BMW riders made the cut for tomorrow’s Superpole with Xaus in 17th and Troy Corser 20th. Ryuichi Kiyonari who won last year’s race was 23rd and Blake Young who is making his first European appearance on the Alstare Suzuki was 28th.

After the jump QP1 results.

WSBK 2009 Donington Park QP1:

1 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′30.775
2 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′31.191
3 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′31.294
4 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′31.401
5 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′31.436
6 22 Camier L. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′31.454
7 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′31.584
8 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′31.705
9 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′31.736
10 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′31.760
11 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′31.838
12 27 Ellison J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′31.890
13 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′31.913
14 121 Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.007
15 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.103
16 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′32.139
17 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.186
18 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′32.188
19 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′32.401
20 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.476
21 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.879
22 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′33.061
23 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′33.093
24 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′33.262
25 2 Hacking J. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′33.587
26 117 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′34.069
27 94 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′34.259
28 79 Young B. (USA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′34.529
29 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′35.126
30 88 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′35.176
31 53 Polita A. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′43.938

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