Jonathan Rea edged out Jakub Smrz to take Friday’s provisional pole position at Portimao. Smrz on a satellite Ducati, who lead the first free practice finished second.

Ben Spies jumped up from his 7th place in FP session to take third, just 0.084s from the provisional pole leader.

Carlos Checa went from 6th to 4th, while Shane Byrne, Fonsie Nieto and Max Biaggi also moved up in the grid into the top ten. Noriyuki Haga slipped back from second to ninth place while Leon Haslam closed his session in 10th.

The first ten riders are all in less than five tenths of second from the Ten Kate Honda rider. Sylvain Guintoli who is debuting with Alstare Suzuki was 22nd.

QP1 Results after the jump

1 65 J. REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.786
2 96 J. SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1′43.866
3 19 B. SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.870
4 7 C. CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.945
5 67 S. BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1′43.947
6 10 F. NIETO ESP DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1′44.005
7 84 M. FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1′44.154
8 3 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′44.210
9 41 N. HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1′44.254 0.468
10 91 L. HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.324
11 71 Y. KAGAYAMA JPN Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′44.674
12 111 R. XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1′44.822
13 11 T. CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1′44.830
14 23 B. PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.963
15 100 M. TAMADA JPN Kawasaki World Superbike R.T. Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.977
16 99 L. SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′45.077
17 14 M. LAGRIVE FRA Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.133
18 66 T. SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1′45.239
19 22 L. CAMIER GBR Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′45.333
20 15 M. BAIOCCO ITA Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1′45.345
21 25 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′45.390
22 50 S. GUINTOLI FRA Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′45.508
23 9 R. KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.676
24 77 V. IANNUZZO ITA Squadra Corse Italia Honda CBR1000RR 1′46.512
25 94 D. CHECA ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone Yamaha YZF R1 1′46.775
26 88 R. RESCH AUT TKR Suzuki Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′47.961

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