The rain that has been falling all week in Northern Italy, hampered the first part of qualifying session 1 at Monza, but as soon as the track started drying out the lap times started to slowly drop and Yamaha Sterilgarda’s Cal Crutchlow ended up on top of the time sheets again, despite being eight tenths slower from the earlier practice session that was held in dry conditions.

Jonathan Rea, Assen’s double winner took the second spot, just 0.212s behind Crutchlow. Michel Fabrizio on the Ducati Xerox was third and Troy Corser on his BMW machine was fourth and points leader Leon Haslam was fifth, making it five different manufacturers in the top five positions.

Ruben Xaus was one of the fastest riders on the damp track, but then fell back to sixth. Xaus was followed by the superfast on the straight, Max Biaggi and Jakub Smrz on his private Ducati and James Toseland and rounding out the top ten was Luca Scassa with his Supersonic Ducati.

Noriyuki Haga could only finish in a lowly 15th place. Daisaku Sakai of Yoshimura Suzuki was running as high as tenth in the wet and dropped down to 19th after another crash, his second of the day.

Monza QP1 Results:

01- Cal Crutchlow – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – 1′44.577
02- Jonathan Rea – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.212
03- Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.557
04- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.657
05- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.726
06- Ruben Xaus – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.965
07- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.015
08- Jakub Smrz – Team PATA B&G Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.026
09- James Toseland – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.442
10- Luca Scassa – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.534
11- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 1.593
12- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.639
13- Max Neukirchner – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.825
14- Lorenzo Lanzi – DFX Corse – Ducati 1198 – + 1.836
15- Noriyuki Haga – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.874
16- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 2.011
17- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 2.179
18- Shane Byrne – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 2.889
19- Daisaku Sakai – Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 3.345
20- Matteo Baiocco – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 3.464
21- Chris Vermeulen – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 3.614
22- Broc Parkes – ECHO CRS Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 3.677
23- Roger Hayden – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 0.963
24- Vittorio Iannuzzo – S.C.I. Honda Garvie Image – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 5.381

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