With a blistering lap of 1′34.944 Jonathan Rea took his first ever World Superpole position at Assen today. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team rider was was the only one to dip under the 1.35 lap barrier.

On the first row alongside Rea will be Jakub Smrz on his Pata B&G private Ducati, while Troy Corser continues with his fantastic form on the ever improving BMW machine, took the third spot. Leon Haslam who leads in the championship standings completes the front row, while his closest rival, Max Biaggi will be taking off from 11th on the grid.

The second row will see Leon Camier in fifth, just two tenths off the front row and outshining his struggling team mate. Althea Ducati’s two riders Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne will be side by side on the grid with their 6th and 7th spots. Michel Fabrizio took the eighth spot while his team mate Noriyuki Haga finished the session in a lowly 15th place.

Cal Crutchlow was 9th and James Toseland will be starting in 1oth after having had a scary moment going off track at high speed during Superpole 2, but the Brit was able to keep his Sterilgarda Yamaha upright and not crash.

Out after Superpole 2: Cal Crutchlow, James Toseland, Max Biaggi, Ruben Xaus, Tom Sykes, Noriyuki Haga and Max Neukirchner. Xaus had a small crash during Superpole 2.

Out after Superpole 1: Luca Scassa, Lorenzo Lanzi, Chris Vermeulen, Broc Parkes with Vermeulen suffering a small highside that sent him crashing into the gravel.

Assen Superpole Results:

1 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.944
2 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′35.062
3 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′35.306
4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′35.330
5 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′35.633
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′35.892
7 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′35.909
8 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′36.405
9 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′36.027
10 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′36.061
11 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′36.069
12 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′36.094
13 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′36.327
14 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.348
15 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′36.574
16 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′36.581
17 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′36.906
18 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′36.989
19 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.378
20 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.622
21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.471
22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.769

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