Imola WSS: Crutchlow continues to dominate with pole position

Cal Crutchlow secured his ninth pole of the 2009 season with a stunning final lap of the qualifying session at Imola.

Onboard his factory Yamaha, the 23 year old Brit set a blistering 1m 50.680 second lap to finish over half a second faster than his closet rival Kenan Sofuoglu.

In form Kawasaki man claimed third place with Honda mounted Massimo Roccoli in fourth and Triumph rider Garry McCoy in fifth.

Parkalgar Honda rider Eugene Laverty had to settle for seventh place behind the Honda of Mark Aitchison. Laverty will line up on the second row of the grid but with a lap time 1.91seconds slower than his title rival Crutchlow.

Chaz Davies continued to impress by finishing in 11th spot in only his third ride on the ParkinGo Triumph 675 .

 

 

1 35 C. CRUTCHLOW GBR Yamaha World Supersport Team Yamaha YZF R6 1’50.680 17 160,549 252,9

2 54 K. SOFUOGLU TUR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’51.260 0.580 0.580 18 159,712 250,6

3 26 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Motocard.com Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’51.955 1.275 0.695 18 158,721 256,5

4 55 M. ROCCOLI ITA Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR 1’52.280 1.600 0.325 17 158,261 250,6

5 24 G. MCCOY AUS ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Triumph Daytona 675 1’52.400 1.720 0.120 20 158,093 251,2

6 8 M. AITCHISON AUS Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR600RR 1’52.443 1.763 0.043 19 158,032 248,8

7 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Parkalgar Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’52.599 1.919 0.156 17 157,813 251,7

8 99 F. FORET FRA Yamaha World Supersport Team Yamaha YZF R6 1’52.789 2.109 0.190 17 157,547 252,9

9 1 A. PITT AUS HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’52.856 2.176 0.067 16 157,454 251,2

10 51 M. PIRRO ITA Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha YZF R6 1’53.039 2.359 0.183 16 157,199 248,8

11 23 C. DAVIES GBR ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Triumph Daytona 675 1’53.134 2.454 0.095 19 157,067 247,7

12 21 K. FUJIWARA JPN Kawasaki Motocard.com Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’53.264 2.584 0.130 16 156,887 251,7

13 117 M. PRAIA POR Parkalgar Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’53.292 2.612 0.028 19 156,848 249,4

14 9 D. DELL’OMO ITA Kuja Racing Honda CBR600RR 1’53.301 2.621 0.009 16 156,835 248,8

15 13 A. WEST AUS Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’53.553 2.873 0.252 18 156,487 248,8

16 77 B. VENEMAN NED George White Ten Kate R. Honda CBR600RR 1’53.557 2.877 0.004 18 156,482 249,4

17 25 M. LAVERTY GBR Echo CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR600RR 1’53.772 3.092 0.215 18 156,186 243,8

18 127 R. HARMS DEN Veidec Racing RES Software Honda CBR600RR 1’53.783 3.103 0.011 15 156,171 251,7

19 16 S. LOWES GBR Echo CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR600RR 1’54.102 3.422 0.319 19 155,734 243,2

20 33 C. MIGLIORATI ITA Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’54.313 3.633 0.211 18 155,447 248,8

21 5 T. PRADITA INA YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF R6 1’55.375 4.695 1.062 18 154,016 246,6

22 40 F. GENTILE ITA Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR600RR 1’55.409 4.729 0.034 18 153,971 243,2

23 199 O. FOUR FRA Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR 1’55.569 4.889 0.160 17 153,757 243,2

24 28 A. VOS NED Veidec Racing RES Software Honda CBR600RR 1’55.774 5.094 0.205 17 153,485 244,9

25 22 R. MURESAN ROU MS Racing Triumph Daytona 675 1’56.055 5.375 0.281 19 153,114 244,9

26 34 E. RUSSO ITA Holiday Gym Racing Yamaha YZF R6 1’56.640 5.960 0.585 19 152,346 240,5

27 47 L. PEDERSOLI ITA ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Triumph Daytona 675 1’57.519 6.839 0.879 17 151,206 237,9

28 30 J. GÜNTHER GER RES Software Veidec Racing Honda CBR600RR 1’59.073 8.393 1.554 5 149,233 238,4

29 88 Y. GUERRA ESP Holiday Gym Racing Yamaha YZF R6 1’58.538 7.858 20 149,906 244,3

30 74 G. IRWIN GBR Direct CCTV Racedays Honda CBR600RR 1’59.832 9.152 1.294 16 148,288 239,5