Today’s Superpole at Portimao saw what could completely change tomorrow’s title race outcome. Points leader Noriyuki Haga qualified only 10th and did not make it into the final qualifying stint, while his rival Ben Spies not only took his 11th pole position of the season with a blistering lap of 1’42”412 but was also almost a second faster that the previous circuit record and more that 0.584s faster than Shane Byrne on the private Ducati Sterilgarda who took second.

Michel Fabrizio on the factory Ducati took third, while Jonathan Rea was fourth and will close the front row. The second row will see a battered Max Biaggi, who crashed in practice session, in fifth and Fonsi Nieto on another private Ducati whotook sixth followed by Leon Haslam and with Troy Corser closing the second row, but more than a second adrift from Nieto after a crash in the last superpole stint.

SuperPole Qualifying Results:

1 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′42.412
2 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′42.996
3 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′43.015
4 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.126
5 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.523
6 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′43.526
7 Nieto F. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′43.553
8 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.719
STEP 2
9 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′43.240
10 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′43.377
11 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′43.406
12 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.461
13 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′43.671
14 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′43.717
15 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.050
16 Baiocco M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′45.439
STEP 1
17 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.453
18 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.458
19 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.483
20 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.851
The others
21 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′44.978
22 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′45.153
23 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.518
24 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.676
25 Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′46.006
26 Resch R. (AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′46.596

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