Jakub Smrz took his maiden Superpole of the 2012 season at Miller Motorsports Park today.
The Czech rider who dominated every session this weekend, except the second free practice, pipped Carlos Checa who had led both SP1 and SP2 stints, in his usual do-or-die last flying lap on a race tire posting a 1.
47.
626 and leaving the reigning World Champion in second and 0.
184s adrift.
Tom Sykes was third and unable to take another pole position, but he stopped what looked like a Ducati 1-2-3 with his Kawasaki ZX-10R.
Closing the front row will be Althea’s Davide Giugliano who took a tow from his team mate and closed the session in 4th and his best Superpole result so far.
Opening the second row will be Jonathan Rea who took the fifth spot on the grid with Effenbert Liberty’s Sylvain Guintoli in sixth and just 0.
005s from the Honda rider.
Aprilia’s Max Biaggi and Eugene Laverty were 7th and 8th respectively, but Laverty was unable to turn a single lap in SP3 as his factory RSV4 suffered a technical issue at the start of the stint.
Marco Melandri was only 9th as he was bumped out of SP3 in the last minute of SP2 by both Smrz and Giugliano as was Michel Fabrizio who qualified 10th.
WSBK Superpole results:1.
Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert) Ducati 1098R 1′47.
6262.
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′47.
8103.
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′48.
0624.
Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′48.
2205.
Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) Honda CBR1000RR 1′48.
5636.
Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′48.
5687.
Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′48.
7948.
Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′48.
354Superpole 2:9.
Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1′48.
42210.
Michel Fabrizio (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) BMW S1000 RR 1′48.
56611.
Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Racing) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′48.
66912.
Lorenzo Zanetti (PATA Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
929Superpole 1: 13.
Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1′49.
55214.
Maxime Berger (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
75015.
Niccolò Canepa (Red Devils Roma) Ducati 1098R 1′49.
81816.
John Hopkins (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′49.
96617.
Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′50.
42418.
Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) BMW S1000 RR 1′50.
42719.
David Salom (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′50.
50420.
Leon Camier (FIXI Crescent Suzuki) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′50.
52021.
Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda World Superbike Team) Honda CBR1000RR 1′50.
96322.
Leandro Mercado (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′51.
84323.
Jake Holden (Grillini Progea Superbike Team) BMW S1000 RR 1′52.
10824.
Shane Turpin (Boulder Motor Sports) Ducati 1098R 1′54.
399
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