Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser first and second in Brno

Yamaha men Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser set the pace in the first qualifying session at Brno today.

Noriyuki Haga who won at the Czech track from 16th on the grid in 2005 set a best lap of 2m01.603s.

Although the lap time was good enough for pole it is still a long way outside the best WSB lap at Brno of 2m 0.457s set by Noriyuki Haga last year.

Troy Corser made good progress with the set-up of his Yamaha Italia R1 to jump from sixth to second with this morning’s pole man Max Biaggi in third.

Biaggi wasn’t able to replicate his pace early on in the session but an impressive run of three laps at the end of the hour long qualifying saw him jump up to third on his final lap.

James Toseland ran at the front throughout the session but was relegated to fourth at the finish.

Toseland spent the session concentrating on race set-up on his Honda and did an impressive 15 lap run where he recorded consistently fast times in an effort to select a race tyre for Sunday.

Ducati’s Troy Bayliss held on to provisional pole for the majority of the session, but in the final 10 minutes was over hauled by Noriyuki Haga, Troy Corser, James Toseland and Max Biaggi and ended the first day in fifth place.

Italian Roberto Rolfo looked impressive on his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda and finished day one in sixth place having benefited from a few laps behind Troy Bayliss towards the end of the session.

World Superbikes qualifying practice one results:

1 Noriyuki HAGA  JPN Yamaha YZF-R1 2’01.603
2 Troy CORSER  AUS Yamaha YZF-R1 2’01.724
3 Max BIAGGI ITA Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 2’01.968
4 James TOSELAND GBR Honda CBR1000RR 2’02.200
5 Troy BAYLISS  AUS Ducati 999 F07 2’02.295
6 Roberto ROLFO ITA Honda CBR1000RR 2’02.315
7 Fonsi NIETO  ESP Kawasaki ZX-10R 2’02.523
8 Michel FABRIZIO  ITA Honda CBR1000RR 2’02.556
9 Regis LACONI  FRA Kawasaki ZX-10R 2’02.638
10 Yukio KAGAYAMA  JPN Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 2’02.990
11 Max NEUKIRCHNER  GER Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 2’03.080
12 Lorenzo LANZI ITA Ducati 999 F07 2’03.111
13 Shinichi NAKATOMI  JPN Yamaha YZF-R1 2’03.346
14 Vittorio IANNUZZO  ITA Kawasaki ZX-10R 2’03.545
15 Ruben XAUS  ESP Ducati 999 F06 2’03.949
16 Karl MUGGERIDGE AUS Honda CBR1000RR 2’03.986
17 Jakub SMRZ CZE Ducati 999 F05 2’03.997
18 Jiri DRAZDAK  CZE Yamaha YZF-R1 2’05.635
19 Luca MORELLI  ITA Honda CBR1000RR 2’05.736
20 Christian ZAISER  AUT MV Agusta F4 312 R 2’05.871
21 Dean ELLISON GBR Ducati 999RS 2’06.873
22 Milos CIHAK  CZE Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 2’07.415
23 Alex POLITA  ITA Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 2’07.605