Jonathan Rea was the fastest rider at Portimao in this morning’s second qualifying practice.
The Castrol Honda rider who will be partner Hiroshi Aoyama next season, laid down a best lap of 1’42.
569, which was a little less than five tenths slower than Cal Crutchlow’s race lap record at the Portuguese track.
New Superbike champion Carlos Checa took second and was 0.
152s adrift and still has to comunicate where he’ll be riding next season, while future BMW team mates Marco Melandri and Leon Haslam improved their laps times to finish third and fourth respectively.
An incredible Davide Giugliano took the fifth spot and was just 0.
527s from Rea’s best time.
The 2011 World Superstock champion who may become Althea Racing’s main rider next year, finished ahead fellow Ducati riders Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli.
Tom Sykes was eighth while Eugene Laverty dropped to ninth after his excellent showing yesterday.
Joan Lascorz took tenth which will allow him into this afternoon’s Superbike.
The biggest news of the qualifying session was that Max Biaggi didn’t make it into the Superpole.
The Italian who is still nursing a painful foot injury failed to make the cut, finishing 17th and missing the 16th spot by 0.
114s.
Also not progressing to the Superpole session will be Troy Corser, Karl Muggeridge, Javier Fores, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Josh Waters and Santiago Barragan.
Superbike Portimao QP2 results:01- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’42.
56902- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
15203- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.
51104- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
52105- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
52706- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
55907- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
62508- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
71209- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.
81210- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
83911- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
93912- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
03613- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
04114- Noriyuki Haga – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
10515- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
18516- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
22417- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
33818- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
56219- Karl Muggeridge – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.
69920- Javier Fores – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
70521- Josh Waters – Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 2.
74222- Santiago Barragan – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
926
