With a blistering lap of 1′34.
944 Jonathan Rea took his first ever World Superpole position at Assen today.
The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team rider was was the only one to dip under the 1.
35 lap barrier.
On the first row alongside Rea will be Jakub Smrz on his Pata B&G private Ducati, while Troy Corser continues with his fantastic form on the ever improving BMW machine, took the third spot.
Leon Haslam who leads in the championship standings completes the front row, while his closest rival, Max Biaggi will be taking off from 11th on the grid.
The second row will see Leon Camier in fifth, just two tenths off the front row and outshining his struggling team mate.
Althea Ducati’s two riders Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne will be side by side on the grid with their 6th and 7th spots.
Michel Fabrizio took the eighth spot while his team mate Noriyuki Haga finished the session in a lowly 15th place.
Cal Crutchlow was 9th and James Toseland will be starting in 1oth after having had a scary moment going off track at high speed during Superpole 2, but the Brit was able to keep his Sterilgarda Yamaha upright and not crash.
Out after Superpole 2: Cal Crutchlow, James Toseland, Max Biaggi, Ruben Xaus, Tom Sykes, Noriyuki Haga and Max Neukirchner.
Xaus had a small crash during Superpole 2.
Out after Superpole 1: Luca Scassa, Lorenzo Lanzi, Chris Vermeulen, Broc Parkes with Vermeulen suffering a small highside that sent him crashing into the gravel.
Assen Superpole Results:1 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.
9442 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′35.
0623 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′35.
3064 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′35.
3305 2 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′35.
6336 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′35.
8927 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′35.
9098 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′36.
4059 35 Crutchlow C.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′36.
02710 52 Toseland J.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′36.
06111 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′36.
06912 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′36.
09413 50 Guintoli S.
(FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′36.
32714 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′36.
34815 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′36.
57416 76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′36.
58117 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′36.
90618 57 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′36.
98919 77 Vermeulen C.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
37820 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
62221 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
47122 95 Hayden R.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′38.
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