Cal Crutchlow took his second-straight suprise Superpole in Valencia besting the more quoted Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa for the pole postion.

The Sterilgarda Yamaha rider putting in a scorching lap of 1’33.615 in the final Superpole 3 session leaving Carlos Checa in second place and unable to better his Superpole 2 lap time.

Max Biaggi will take off from third and after running out of soft tires in Superpole 3, ran race tires putting in an impressive series of runs.

Championship points leader Leon Haslam closed the front row with his fourth spot. Haslam made into Superpole 3 with desperate last lap and for a few minutes the timing screens went on the blink leaving everyone wondering if the Alstare Suzuki rider had made into the top 8.

When the screens went back on line Haslam had qualified and bumped out of Superpole 3 James Toseland who will taking off ninth on the grid and on row three, together with Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga, 10th and 11th and Shane Byrne 12th on the other Althea Ducati.

Troy Corser and his BMW qualified fifth, his best position so far in the season, while Sylvain Guintoli took sixth, another surprise in the session. Seventh went to Jonathan Rea and eighth to Lorenzo Lanza, who also took a spill in the final session.

Valencia Superpole Results:

1 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′33.615
2 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′33.840
3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′33.860
4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′33.961
5 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′34.059
6 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′34.073
7 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.235
8 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.261

9 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′33.988
10 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.021
11 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′34.100
12 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′34.246
13 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′34.273
14 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′34.280
15 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′34.730
16 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.934
17 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′34.756
18 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′34.894
19 88 Pitt A. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′36.088
20 32 Morais S. (RSA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′36.072

21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.104
22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.117
23 17 Andrews S. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.329
24 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′36.524
25 123 Resch R. (AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1′36.639

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