Max Biaggi took his second Superpole of the season after a crash in this morning’s Q2 session left him with bruises on his hand.
The Roman Emperor set down a blazing lap of 1′54.
595 at the Nurburgring circuit that was more than enough to leave an ultra competitive Carlos Checa in second and just 0.
026s from the top spot.
Biaggi needs just 40 points more than Leon Haslam in tomorrow’s races to win the World Superbike Championship with two rounds to go.
The third spot went to James Toseland who was able to out qualify his team mate Cal Crutchlow, who is this year’s Superpole specialist, but the Brit couldn’t get past the second stint and will take off on the starting grid in 10th behind Michel Fabrizio.
It seems that Toseland will be out of a ride at the end of the season, with Marco Melandri to take his place (read separate story).
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