Carlos Checa moved to the top of the time sheets in this afternoon’s provisional pole session at Brno.
The Althea rider layed down a 1′59.
322 lap that was almost a second and half faster than his morning lap time leaving Effenbert-Liberty Ducati rider Jakub Smrz adrift by more than two tenths of a second.
Yamaha duo Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty took third and fourth respectively, while reigning World Champion was fifth with a last lap lunge.
Tom Sykes was sixth and he too used his final lap to propel himself into the spot.
Leon Haslam was seventh followed by Michel Fabrizio’s Alstare Suzuki.
Sylvain Guintoli took the ninth spot and the last rider to be within a seconf of the flying Checa.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) closed out the top ten Leon Camier was 11th after a technical problem dropped him down the charts in last minutes of the session.
While JamesToseland who opted out of the weekend, and stand-in Lorenzo Lorenzo Lanzi took 14th.
Alex Lowes (Castrol Honda) crashed at the beginning of the session at turn 8, was just 21st.
WSBK QP1 results:01 Checa Carlos – Althea Racing – Ducati 1098R – 20 – 1′59.
32202 Smrz Jakub – Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing – Ducati 1098R – 16 – 1′59.
58503 Melandri Marco – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – 20 – 1′59.
65304 Laverty Eugene – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – 18 – 1′59.
90605 Biaggi Max – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 21 – 1′59.
94006 Sykes Tom – Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 15 – 2′00.
15407 Haslam Leon – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000 RR – 19 – 2′00.
16408 Fabrizio Michel – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 22 – 2′00.
19609 Guintoli Sylvain – Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing – Ducati 1098R – 20 – 2′00.
31010 Badovini Ayrton – BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team – BMW S1000 RR – 22 – 2′00.
34811 Camier Leon – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 17 – 2′00.
44012 Berger Maxime – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1098R – 18 – 2′00.
46313 Haga Noriyuki – PATA Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 18 – 2′00.
49414 Lanzi Lorenzo – BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team – BMW S1000 RR – 18 – 2′00.
58015 Aitchison Mark – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 17 – 2′00.
60416 Xaus Ruben – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR1000RR – 16 – 2′00.
68117 Rolfo Roberto – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 20 – 2′00.
79318 Baiocco Matteo – Barni Racing Team – Ducati 1098R – 19 – 2′00.
97019 Lascorz Joan – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18 – 2′00.
98020 Vermeulen Chris – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 17 – 2′01.
50321 Lowes Alexander – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR1000RR – 16 – 2′02.
43022 Kispataki Viktor – Prop-tech ltd.
– Honda CBR1000RR – 17 – 2′02.
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