Gregorio Lavilla has qualified on pole for the British Superbike round at Mallory Park, with Airwaves Ducati team-mate Leon Haslam taking second spot on the grid.
Lavilla secured the first spot with a lap of 55.375, with Haslam putting in a 55.440 for second. Jonathan Rea heads five Hondas in third with 55.491, followed by Ryuichi Kiyonari, Michael Rutter, Karl Harris and Michael Laverty.
Shane Byrne has qualified in eighth, but team-mate James Haydon has pulled out of the meeting due to injuries from a crash on Friday. Dean Thomas and Glen Richards round out the top ten. To see the full time sheet, click here.
Eugene Laverty will start the British Supersport race from pole position thanks to a first session time of 56.748 which remained unbeaten. Tom Sykes will start from second on the TAS Suzuki (56.817), followed by Northpoint Ekerold team-mates Cal Curtchlow and Leon Camier. Pere Riba starts from fifth. To see the full time sheet, click here.
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Saturday morning:
Jonathan Rea has gone fastest in the third practice session for the Mallory Park round of British Superbikes on Sunday, June 4, 2006.
Rea posted a fastest lap of 55.832 on the Red Bull Honda, with Leon Haslam close behind on the Airwaves Ducati with 55.857. Third quickest was the HM Plant Honda of Ryuichi Kiyonari, with Gregorio Lavilla and Shane Byrne close behind. James Haydon was 24th in the session, riding despite a high speed crash on Friday afternoon. He has soft tissue damage to his left shoulder, forearm and fingers, but has been pronounced fit to ride.
In British Supersport first qualifying, Eugene Laverty put himself on provisional pole with 56.748 making it BSB and BSS for the Red Bull Honda team. Tom Sykes was second fastest on the TAS Suzuki, with Carl Cruthclow and team-mate Leon Camier taking the next two places. Pere Riba was fifth fastest, fresh from a good wildcard round in the World Supersport race at Silverstone on the Bank Holiday weekend.
James Westmoreland is fastest in 125cc qualifying from Alex Lowes and Joel Noon. Virgin Mobile Cup free practice saw Tom Grant quickest from James Webb and BJ Toal.
British Superbike second qualifying:
1 Gregorio LAVILLA 55.375
2 Leon HASLAM 55.440
3 Jonathan REA 55.491
4 Ryuichi KIYONARI 55.635
5 Michael RUTTER 55.680
6 Karl HARRIS 55.789
7 Michael LAVERTY 55.892
8 Shane BYRNE 56.185
9 Dean THOMAS 56.215
10 Glen RICHARDS 56.310
11 Gary MASON 56.541
12 Scott SMART 56.629
13 Jon KIRKHAM 56.718
14 Ben WILSON 56.719
15 James BUCKINGHAM 56.799
16 Craig COXHELL 56.832
17 Tommy HILL 56.874
18 Ollie BRIDEWELL 56.878
19 Chris MARTIN 56.908
20 Billy McCONNELL 57.009
21 Gareth GLYNN 57.229
22 Peter HICKMAN 57.229
23 Kieran CLARKE 57.433
24 Steve PLATER 57.451
25 Danny BEAUMONT 57.743
26 Dean ELLISON 57.875
27 Marty NUTT 58.343
28 Michael HOWARTH 58.848
DNQ: Craig SPROSTON 59.679. Nick MEDD 1:00.373
British Supersport qualifying two:
1 Eugene LAVERTY 56.779
2 Tom SYKES 57.008
3 Cal CRUTCHLOW 57.146
4 Pere RIBA 57.611
5 Joe DICKINSON 57.716
6 Jamie ROBINSON 57.729
7 Dennis HOBBS 57.841
8 Rob FROST 57.962
9 Simon ANDREWS 57.968
10 Leon CAMIER 57.977
11 Paul YOUNG 58.273
12 Ian LOWRY 58.338
13 Kieran MURPHY 58.358
14 Tommy BRIDEWELL 58.368
15 Sam OWENS 58.437
16 Stuart EASTON 58.543
17 Jay VINCENT 58.666
18 Richard WREN 58.674
19 James HILLIER 58.894
20 Martin JESSOPP 59.201
21 Marshall NEILL 59.272
22 Matt LAYT 59.391
23 Gary JOHNSON 59.712
24 Alan O'CONNOR 59.936
25 Pete SPALDING 1:00.005
26 Aaron WALKER 1:00.038
27 Mike GOODFELLOW 1:00.318
28 Christian ELKIN 1:00.383
29 Robert KENNEDY 1:00.398
30 Denver ROBB 1:00.616
31 Ashley MARTIN 1:00.705
32 Rob SKETCHLEY 1:01.005
33 Conor O'BRIEN 1:01.281
34 Jack KENNEDY 1:01.401
35 Ben WYLIE 1:01.536
36 Drew DORLING 1:01.620
37 Shaun BROWN 1:01.934
DNQ: John ROBB 1:04.416
British Superbike qualifying one:
1 Jonathan REA 55.832
2 Leon HASLAM 55.857
3 Ryuichi KIYONARI 56.224
4 Gregorio LAVILLA 56.249
5 Shane BYRNE 56.272
6 Michael RUTTER 56.387
7 Karl HARRIS 56.482
8 Michael LAVERTY 56.593
9 Dean THOMAS 56.648
10 Billy McCONNELL 56.860
11 Tommy HILL 56.986
12 Glen RICHARDS 57.049
13 Craig COXHELL 57.062
14 Gary MASON 57.100
15 Ben WILSON 57.183
16 Scott SMART 57.245
17 James BUCKINGHAM 57.283
18 Jon KIRKHAM 57.323
19 Ollie BRIDEWELL 57.324
20 Steve PLATER 57.587
21 Chris MARTIN 57.596
22 Kieran CLARKE 57.778
23 Peter HICKMAN 57.992
24 James HAYDON 58.135
25 Dean ELLISON 58.719
26 Gareth GLYNN 58.806
27 Danny BEAUMONT 58.992
28 Marty NUTT 59.047
29 Craig SPROSTON 59.790
30 Michael HOWARTH 59.822
31 Nick MEDD 1:00.705
British Supersport Qualifying one:
1 Eugene LAVERTY 56.748
2 Tom SYKES 56.817
3 Cal CRUTCHLOW 57.149
4 Leon CAMIER 57.353
5 Pere RIBA 57.493
6 Dennis HOBBS 57.724
7 Jay VINCENT 57.920
8 Simon ANDREWS 57.925
9 Kieran MURPHY 58.059
10 Joe DICKINSON 58.063
11 Paul YOUNG 58.172
12 Rob FROST 58.174
13 Jamie ROBINSON 58.204
14 Stuart EASTON 58.241
15 Tommy BRIDEWELL 58.273
16 Marshall NEILL 58.425
17 Ian LOWRY 58.584
18 Richard WREN 58.628
19 Martin JESSOPP 58.999
20 James HILLIER 59.275
21 Pete SPALDING 59.312
22 Sam OWENS 59.382
23 Aaron WALKER 59.556
24 Gary JOHNSON 59.888
25 Matt LAYT 59.930
26 Mike GOODFELLOW 1:00.146
27 Robert KENNEDY 1:00.337
28 Denver ROBB 1:00.368
29 Christian ELKIN 1:00.384
30 Alan O'CONNOR 1:00.612
31 Ashley MARTIN 1:00.797
32 Rob SKETCHLEY 1:00.849
33 Jack KENNEDY 1:01.283
34 Shaun BROWN 1:01.433
35 Ben WYLIE 1:01.718
36 Drew DORLING 1:01.844
37 Conor O'BRIEN 1:02.012
38 John ROBB 1:03.656