Lapping the Imola circuit in 1′50.
404, Englishman Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motosport Yamaha), current leader of the World Supersport Championship, earned himself today his sixth pole start of the season, the eleventh of his career in this class.
The Lincoln-born rider was half of a second than the competition, and tomorrow will start from the front row with reigning champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Mahi India Kawasaki Racing Team, +0.
498) and teammate Vladimir Leonov (+0.
508).
The second row of the grid will be all-Italian with Riccardo Russo (Puccetti Racing Kawasaki), who missed the front row for just 50/1000 of a second, and – 8 tenths behind – Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport) and Luca Scassa (Intermoto Ponyexpres Kawasaki), separated between them of only 2 thousandths.
Britain’s Ken Coghlan (DMC-Lorenzini Kawasaki) finisged 7th and will share the third row Italian Andrea Antonelli (Team Kawasaki Goeleven, unfortunate protagonist of an collision with Jack Kennedy) and Sheridan Morais of South Africa (PTR Honda), while Dutch wonder-boy Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) rounds off today’s Top 10.
Italy’s Luca Marconi crashed out halfway through the session – with consequent exposure of the red flag – and was taken to the local hospital with a broken wrist.
See the full time-sheet after the jump.
Supersport 2013 – Imola – Classifica Qualifiche1.
Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 1′50.
4042.
Kenan Sofuoglu (MAHI Racing Team India) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′50.
9023.
Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport) Yamaha YZF R6 1′50.
9124.
Riccardo Russo (Puccetti Racing Kawasaki) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′50.
9625.
Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport) Honda CBR600RR 1′51.
7046.
Luca Scassa (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′51.
7067.
Kev Coghlan (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′51.
7158.
Andrea Antonelli (Team Goeleven) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′51.
9469.
Sheridan Morais (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1′51.
96110.
Michael Vd Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
08311.
Fabien Foret (MAHI Racing Team India) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′52.
20312.
Florian Marino (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′52.
23113.
Raffaele De Rosa (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
42314.
Vladimir Ivanov (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1′52.
42515.
Alex Baldolini (Suriano Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R600 1′52.
51916.
Mathew Scholtz (Suriano Racing Team) Suzuki GSX-R600 1′52.
56117.
Fabio Menghi (VFT Racing) Yamaha YZF R6 1′52.
64818.
Marco Faccani (Evan Bros R.
by S.
M.
A.
Honda I) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
67119.
Massimo Roccoli (Team Pata by Martini) Yamaha YZF R6 1′52.
70220.
Thomas Bridewell (Team Lorini) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
73821.
Christian Iddon (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse) MV Agusta F3 675 1′52.
74922.
Jack Kennedy (Rivamoto) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
78523.
Roberto Rolfo (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse) MV Agusta F3 675 1′52.
80024.
David Linortner (Team Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
94725.
Luca Marconi (PTR Honda) Honda CBR600RR 1′52.
99426.
Imre Toth (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 1′53.
35027.
Fabrizio Lai (Speedy Bike) Honda CBR600RR 1′53.
44228.
Matt Davies (Team Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 1′54.
31629.
Balazs Nemeth (Complus SMS Racing) Honda CBR600RR 1′54.
64430.
Nacho Calero Perez (Honda PTR) Honda CBR600RR 1′54.
64731.
Alex Schacht (Racing Team Toth) Honda CBR600RR 1′54.
99532.
Christopher Moretti (Bike Service) Yamaha YZF R6 1′55.
17233.
Mitchell Carr (AARK Racing) Triumph 675 R 1′55.
20634.
Valentin Debise (Prorace) Honda CBR600RR 1′55.
23035.
Yves Polzer (Team MRC Austria) Honda CBR600RR 1′55.
25136.
Eduard Blokhin (Rivamoto) Honda CBR600RR 1′58.
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