Walker tops qualifying

Britain’s Chris Walker has qualified on provisional pole for the Czech round of the World Superbike championship on Sunday, July 17.

Walker completed 15 laps with a best time of 2:03.064 to put him ahead of championship leader Troy Corser and Klaffi Honda’s Max Neukirchner. Walker’s PSG-1 Kawasaki team-mate Max Sanchini has also gone well on the first day to qualify in a provisional sixth.

Britiain’s other WSB star, James Toseland, is ninth on the factory Xerox Ducati, four places behind team-mate Regis Laconi.

Brno World Superbike qualifying one:

1. Walker 2:03.064.

2. Corser 2:03.487.

3. Neukirchner 2:03.912.

4. Cardoso 2:03.917.

5. Laconi 2:04.184.

6. Sanchini 2:0.4330.

7. Clementi 2:04.336.

8. Vermeulen 2:04.436.

9. Toseland 2:04.623.

10. Haga 2:04.729.

11. Kagayama 2:04.782.

12. Abe 2:04.824.

13. Chili 2:04.834.

14. Muggeridge 2:04.862.

15. Pitt 2:04.882.

16. Lanzi 2:04.912.

17. McCoy 2:05.155.

18. Checa 2:05.399.

19. Borciani 2:05.503.

20. Martin 2:05.606.

21. Nieto 2:05.691.

22. Gimbert 2:05.882.

23. Vizziello 2:05.943.

24. Velini 2:06.075.

25. Bostrom 2:06.183.

26. Bussei 2:06.452.

27. Alfonsi 2:07.240.

28. Praia 2:09.108.

29. Cihak 2:09.319.

30. Nickmans 2:09.610.

31. Badziak 2:09.615.

32. Mrkyvka 2:09.670.

33. Drazdak 2:09.864.

34. Svoboda 2:10.442.

35. Trcka 2:12.345.