Max Biaggi and his Aprilia ruled this afternoon’s Superpole session at Monza. Biaggi blazed through the Italian track like the Emperor Nero setting Rome on fire with a record breaking lap of 1′41.745 that annihilated the rest of the field in SP3.

Eugene Laverty on his Yamaha R1 was second and adrift 0.648s and Castrol Honda’s Jonathan Rea took third while Troy Corser in fourth closed out the front row.

Marco Melandri will open the second row with Leon Haslam on the other BMW S1000RR right beside him. Michel Fabrizio qualified seventh and was a massive 1.209s from Biaggi’s pole setting record and Noriyuki Haga on the Pata Aprilia was eighth. Ayrton Badovini who has been the surprise this weekend qualified only ninth and Biaggi’s team mate Leon Camier rounded out the top ten.

Points leader Carlos Checa will have to ride in defence mode in tomorrow’s races, his Ducati twin is no match for any of the four cylinders at the Temple of Speed, the Spaniard will take off in 11th on the grid.

Kawasaki’s Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes were 13th and 14th on the grid respectively, evidently the test that Sykes had in Japan has not paid off in qualifying results.

WSBK Monza Superpole results:

01- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 1’41.745
02- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1
03- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR
04- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR
05- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1
06- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR
07- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000
08- Noriyuki Haga – Pata Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory
09- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR
10- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory
11- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198
12- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198
13- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R
14- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R
15- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198
16- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198
17- Ruben Xaus – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR
18- Roberto Rolfo – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R
19- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R
20- Fabrizio Lai – Echo Sport Racing Company – Honda CBR 1000RR

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