Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss takes pole for Brands Hatch WSB clash

Troy Bayliss backed up his good performance in qualifying this morning by taking pole position in today’s Superpole session.

The Australian Ducati Xerox rider put in a lap time of 1’25.656 in order to secure his place at the front of the grid in tomorrow’s Brands Hatch World Superbike clash. Second place went to Noriyuki Haga, with Kiyonari rounding out the top three on his Honda CBR1000R.

Czech rider Jakub Smrz claimed 4th place for the Guandalini Racing team with a time of 1’25.960, closely followed by Troy Corser on his Yamaha Motor Italia WSB team YZF-R1.

British wildcard rider Tom Sykes put in an impressive ride to take 6th place with a time of 1’26.166 on his Suzuki GSX-R1000.

1 Bayliss T. AUS Ducati 1098 F08 1’25.656
2 Haga N. JPN Yamaha YZF-R1 IT 1’25.679
3 Kiyonari R. JPN Honda CBR1000RR 1’25.840
4 Smrz J. CZE Ducati 1098 RS 08 1’25.960
5 Corser T. AUS Yamaha YZF-R1 1’26.021
6 Sykes T. GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’26.166
7 Biaggi M. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 1’26.169
8 Neukirchner M. GER Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’26.226
9 Kagayama Y. JPN Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’26.501
10 Nieto F. ESP Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’26.688
11 Checa C. ESP Honda CBR1000RR 1’26.751
12 Fabrizio M. ITA Ducati 1098 F08 1’26.807
13 Lavilla G. ESP Honda CBR1000RR 1’27.148
14 Lanzi L. ITA Ducati 1098 RS 08 1’27.217
15 Xaus R. ESP Ducati 1098 RS 08 1’27.246
16 Muggeridge K. AUS Honda CBR1000RR 1’27.580