Croft British Superbikes: Crutchlow takes pole

Not satisfied with taking his first front row in British Superbikes Rizla Suzuki rider Cal Crutchlow managed to push to his first ever BSB pole position for Sunday’s race at Croft.

Crutchlow found an extra push in the final qualifying session to beat Honda man Jonathan Rea, who had dominated most of the weekend.

Airwaves Ducati rider Leon Haslam took third place with Stobart Honda’s Tom Sykes taking the position at the front of the grid.

Yamaha’s Tommy Hill beat two BSB champions to fifth place ahead of Gregorio Lavilla and Ryuichi Kiyonari. Leon Camier finished off the second row in eighth, almost half a second down on Crutchlow’s 1:19.108 pole time.

Full grid positions:

1.  Cal Crutchlow
2. Jonathan Rea
3. Leon Haslam
4. Tom Sykes
5. Tommy Hill
6. Gregorio Lavilla
7. Ryuichi Kiyonari
8. Leon Camier
9. Karl Harris
10. Shane Byrne
11. Michael Rutter
12. Dean Thomas
13. Chris Martins
14. Simon Andrews
15. Aaron Zanotti
16. James Buckingham
17. Marty Nutt
18. Tristan Palmer
19. Scott Smart
20. Keith Amor
21. Tom Tunstall
22. Paul Barron
23. Malcolm Ashley
24. Alex Camier
25. Ryan Rainey
26. Neil Faulkner