Haga takes Brno pole

Noriyuki Haga has taken his first pole position since 2002 after setting the fastest lap in the superpole session for the Brno round of the World superbike championship.

The day’s practice and qualifying sessions had been dominated by Tory Bayliss and Yukio Kagayam who took a top spot each, but come the one lap superpole session Haga stormed to pole finishing over half a second ahead of James Toseland.

Corser and Kagayama were outdone by their team-mates when it counted with Lorenzo Lanzi taking the third fastest lap and Troy Bayliss taking the final place on the front row of the grid.

Bayliss managed to hang on to head the second row in front of Kagayama Andrew Pitt and Karl Muggeridge.
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Superpole times:

Haga 2:00.457

Toseland 2:01.056

Lanzi 2:01.073

Bayliss 2:01.207

Corser 2:01.351

Kagayama 2:01.453

Pitt 2:01.482

Muggeridge 2:01.498

Laconi 2:01.620

Nieto 2:01.799

Foret 2:02.124

Fabrizio 2:02.208

Walker 2:02.220

Martin 2:02.569

Barros 2:02.757

Chili 2:03.864

Not superpole times:

Gimbert 2:02.892

Xaus 2:03.022

Nakatomi 2:03.111

Abe 2:03.431

Rolfo 2:03.947

Clementi 2:04.221

Borciani 2:04.678

Iannuzzo 2:04.734

Brookes 2:05.132

Szkopek 2:05.138

Jones 2:05.152

Drazdak 2:05.693

Svoboda 2:06.801

Cihak 2:07.386

Camlek 2:07.498

Mrkyvka 2:08.676