Fri am: Corser fastest

Rain hit the second qualifying session for the first round of the World Superbike Championship in Qatar on Friday morning – leaving Troy Corser sitting on provisional pole. Superpole takes place on Friday afternoon at 1pm. Check this site then for live updates.

Friday morning’s wet track saw riders lapping upwards of 25 seconds off Corser’s provisional pole-setting pace from Thursday’s dry session. Most riders only completed a few laps.

The top 16 riders from now go forward to the Superpole session, in which they complete one flying lap each to determine final positions on the grid.

Check back here at 1pm on Friday for live updates from Superpole and read the updates below for a blow-by-blow account of Friday morning’s wet session.

Top sixteen riders:

Corser T., 2:01.244,

Cardoso J., 2:01.388,

Laconi R., 2:01.980,

Gimbert S., 2:02.217,

Neukirchner M., 2:02.236,

Kagayama Y., 2:02.284,

Vermeulen C., 2:02.469,

Chili P., 2:02.507,

Haga N., 2:02.687,

Toseland J., 2:02.754,

Silva I., 2:02.759,

Pitt A., 2:02.769,

Abe N., 2:02.868.

Walker C., 2:02.921,

Borciani M., 2:03.178,

Bussei G., 2:03.268

9:06am: session has now ended. The riders going through to Superpole will be:

Corser T., 2:01.244, Cardoso J., 2:01.388, Laconi R., 2:01.980, Gimbert S., 2:02.217, Neukirchner M., 2:02.236, Kagayama Y., 2:02.284, Vermeulen C., 2:02.469, Chili P., 2:02.507, Haga N., 2:02.687, Toseland J., 2:02.754, Silva I., 2:02.759, Pitt A., 2:02.769, Abe N., 2:02.868. Walker C., 2:02.921, Borciani M., 2:03.178, Bussei G., 2:03.268

8:52am: Fastest speed of yesterday’s qualifying session was Troy Corser with 301.1kmh (187mph). Corser still has the fastest time so far

8:48am: 18 minutes to go and all the riders are in the pits

8:40am: Yesterday’s times look set to stand with a wet track in this session so the 16 going in to Superpole look likely to be:

Corser T., 2:01.244, Cardoso J., 2:01.388, Laconi R., 2:01.980, Gimbert S., 2:02.217, Neukirchner M., 2:02.236, Kagayama Y., 2:02.284, Vermeulen C., 2:02.469, Chili P., 2:02.507, Haga N., 2:02.687, Toseland J., 2:02.754, Silva I., 2:02.759, Pitt A., 2:02.769, Abe N., 2:02.868. Walker C., 2:02.921, Borciani M., 2:03.178, Bussei G., 2:03.268

8:34am: Only 12 riders out of 29 are out on track. Corser still leads. Only non qualifier is local wildcard Al Nuami

8:32am: Vermeulen and Kagayama lapping 35 seconds slower than the first session yesterday

8:30am: Corser lapping 25 seconds slower than yesterday, most of the field still in the pits. Corser still on pole

8:27am: Track is wet so times unlikely to improve over yeasterday’s

8:24am: Corser exits the pits for a slow warmup lap

8:19am: Session starts, Corser and Cardosa still in the pits

8:05am (UK time): delayed start to the session