BSB: Final qualifying

Leon Haslam has taken pole position at Brands Hatch proving that Ducati still a force in British Superbikes – despite there only being one team running the Italian machines.
Haslam finished the first qualifying session in second place behind HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari, but he managed to up his pace for the second session knocking almost half a second off his time.
Kiyonari couldn’t respond and his qualifying time came from the first session, forcing him to take second place on the grid despite dominating the weekend so far.
Scott Smart and Sean Emmett finish the front row of the grid with Haslam’s temporary team-mate Gregorio Lavilla, who’s filling in for James Haydon, taking fifth.
Michael Rutter, Glen Richards and Karl Harris finish off the second row.
Current champion John Reynolds managed to qualify in 12thplace despite still walking on crutches after breaking his leg earlier this year in a testing crash.
We’ll bring you full updates from both races tomorrow, with the first racing starting at 1:45pm followed by the second race at 4:15pm.

Check out MCN this Wednesday for a full behind the scenes analysis of the first round of the championship.

Official times:
Leon Haslam, 45.784
Ryuichi Kiyonari, 45.827
Scott Smart, 45.939
Sean Emmett, 46.010
Gregorio Lavilla, 46.055
Michael Rutter, 46.061
Glen Richards, 46.064
Karl Harris, 46.115
Jeremy Mcwilliams, 46.286
Gary Mason, 46.328
Dean Thomas, 46.386
John Reynolds, 46.398
Tommy Hill, 46.534
John Laverty, 46.580
John Mcguinness, 46.770
Steve Plater, 46.780
Kieran Clarke, 46.809
Jonathan Rea, 46.809
Ben Wilson, 46.856
James Buckingham, 46.863
Dennis Hobbs, 46.922
Marty Nutt, 46.937
Michael Laverty, 46.956
Danny Beaumont, 46.990
Steve Brogan, 47.161
Gareth Glynn, 47.174
Julien Da Costa, 47.215
Tristan Palmer, 47.222
Dean Ellison, 47.321
Chris Martin, 47.368
Jon Kirkham, 47.450
Richard Wren, 47.677
Michael Pensavalle, 47.787
Malcolm Ashley, 48.948
Nick Medd, 49.03