Leon Haslam rocked in all three stints of Saturday’s Superpole at Phillip Island by taking his first ever career pole position in WSBK and edging out Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio in the last stint by a mere 0.016s.

Cal Crutchlow will also be on the front row with a impressive third place while team mate James Toseland took eighth. Both Sterilgarda Yamaha riders having finally found a proper set up on their ‘hybrid’ R1’s after yesterday’s problems in free practice and in QP1.

Carlos Checa who led in yesterday’s provisional pole will start in fourth with his satellite Ducati while Althea Racing’s second rider Shane Byrne did not make it inside the second cut and qualified 18th, but the Englishman was struggling with back injuries picked up after yesterday’s massive highside.

Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli gave took and excellent fifth position with his Alstare Suzuki and will start on the second row alongside 6th place B&G’s Jakub Smrz and Irishman Jonathan Rea in seventh

Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi were two high profile riders who failed to make the cut into Superpole 3. Haga was edged out by privateer Lorenzo Lanzi on his DFX Ducati who took the ninth slot, while NitroNori Haga will start in 10th followed by Max Biaggi in 11th place who is still struggling with vibrations on his Apilia. Aprilia’s Leon Camier binned his Aprilia in SP2 leaving him in 16th position.

Superpole Phillip Island Results:

1 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′31.229
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′31.245
3 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′31.642
4 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′31.671
5 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′31.696
6 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′31.757
7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′31.912
8 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′32.019

Out after Superpole 2

9 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′32.205
10 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′32.229
11 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′32.293
12 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′32.398
13 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.430
14 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′32.561
15 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.842
16 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′32.895

Out after Superpole 1

17 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.782
18 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′32.823
19 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′33.207
20 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1′33.390

Did not qualify for Superpole

21 25 Brookes J. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1′33.901
22 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.248
23 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′35.297
24 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′35.614

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