Point’s leader Leon Haslam continues to show his great form after conceding only 0.060s during the first practice session, Pocket Rocket came back during this provisional pole session at Portimao to top the timesheets with a best lap of 1′43.476 leaving a surging Michel Fabrizio on the Xerox Ducati in second and just 0.032s from the Brit rider.

Carlos Checa came back from his 12th spot in the first session to take third and Max Biaggi was fourth. James Toseland was fifth in front of Yamaha Sterilgarda team mate Cal Crutchlow, who took the sixth spot. Two private Ducati’s were in the 7th and 8th positions, with Shane Byrne on the Althea Ducati and Jakub Smrz with PATA B&G. Leon Camier on the other Aprilia RSV4 Factory was 9th and Jonathan Rea closed out the top ten.

Still down on the charts was Noriyuki Haga who was once again eleventh and Max Neukirchner and Sylvain Guintoli who were in the top ten in the first session back pedaled to finish in 13th and 14th respectively.

QP1 Lap Times after the jump.

1 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′43.476
2 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′43.508
3 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′43.645
4 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′43.688
5 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.735
6 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.769
7 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′43.881
8 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′43.932
9 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′44.041
10 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.042
11 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′44.098
12 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.203
13 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.272
14 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′44.423
15 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.559
16 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′44.851
17 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.852
18 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′45.368
19 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′45.406
20 49 Tamada M. (JPN) BMW S1000 RR 1′45.522
21 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.933
22 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′46.096
23 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′46.657
24 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′47.805

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