Troy Bayliss
Troy Bayliss, on his final race in World Superbikes, took eighth Superpole of the season on the Ducati Xerox in Portugal, setting a time of 1:58.548 seconds.
The rain poured just before the start of the session leading to dreadful racing conditions and the few riders that ventured out took full advantage of the weather before it got worse.
Cal Crutchlow on the HM Plant Honda lines up alongside Bayliss with Jonathan Rea in third for the Hanspree Ten Kate Honda team on his debut.
Max Biaggi on the Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati finished in fourth place for tomorrows final race of the season at the Portimao circuit.
Michel Fabrizio starts the second row in fifth place on the second Ducati Xerox followed by Leon Haslam on the second HM Plant Honda and Troy Corser on the Yamaha Motor Italia WSB.
Ruben Xaus qualified in eighth place for Ducati ahead of Régis Laconi on the Kawasaki and Noriyuki Haga for Yamaha.
Here are the results;
Pos – Rider – Bike – 1st Quali – 2nd Quali – Superpole
1 – Troy Bayliss – Ducati 1098 F08 – 2′00.012 – 1′44.647 – 1′58.548
2 – Cal Crutchlow – Honda CBR1000RR – 1′58.327 – 1′44.145 – 2′01.023
3 – Jonathan Rea – Honda CBR1000RR – 1′59.356 – 1′44.481 – 2′02.027
4 – Max Biaggi – Ducati 1098 RS 08 – 2′00.288 – 1′45.128 – 2′02.107
5 – Michel Fabrizio – Ducati 1098 F08 – 1′57.440 – 1′43.609 – 2′02.779
6 – Leon Haslam – Honda CBR1000RR – 1′57.214 – 1′44.278 – 2′02.861
7 – Troy Corser – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 1′55.791 – 1′43.955 – 2′03.014
8 – Ruben Xaus – Ducati 1098 RS 08 – 1′58.115 – 1′44.521 – 2′03.023
9 – Régis Laconi – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1′59.939 – 1′44.299 – 2′03.494
10 – Noriyuki Haga – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 2′00.152 – 1′44.799 – 2′04.420
11 – Carlos Checa – Honda CBR1000RR – 1′59.676 – 1′44.550 – 2′04.496
12 – Jakub Smrz – Ducati 1098 RS 08 – 2′00.362 – 1′44.499 – 2′05.250
13 – Yukio Kagayama – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 2′01.154 – 1′44.608 – 2′05.408
14 – Ayrton Badovini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 2′00.643 – 1′44.960 – 2′06.354
15 – Max Neukirchner – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 2′00.263 – 1′44.088 – 2′06.830
16 – Fonsi Nieto – Suzuki GSX-R1000 – 2′00.194 – 1′44.056 – 2′10.953
Others on the grid
17 – Gregorio Lavilla – Honda CBR1000RR – 2′01.750 – 1′45.334
18 – Sébastien Gimbert – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 2′04.094 – 1′45.469
19 – Ryuichi Kiyonari – Honda CBR1000RR – 2′01.332 – 1′45.533
20 – Roberto Rolfo – Honda CBR1000RR – 2′04.410 – 1′45.659
21 – Karl Muggeridge – Honda CBR1000RR – 2′01.923 – 1′45.796
22 – Shinichi Nakatomi – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 2′04.570 – 1′45.803
23 – David Checa – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 2′02.086 – 1′46.010
24 – Shuhei Aoyama – Honda CBR1000RR – 2′03.695 – 1′46.257
25 – Thomas Bridewell – Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 – 2′04.298 – 1′46.283
26 – Makoto Tamada – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 2′06.495 – 1′46.753
27 – Vittorio Iannuzzo – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 2′09.040 – 1′47.231
28 – Chris Walker – Honda CBR1000RR – 1′58.557 – 1′47.310
29 – Luis Carreira – Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8 – 2′05.322 – 1′47.675
30 – Luca Scassa – Honda CBR1000RR – 2′05.846 – 1′48.898
31 – Christian Zaiser – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 2′04.278 – 1′49.239
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