Jonathan Rea edged out Jakub Smrz to take Friday’s provisional pole position at Portimao.
Smrz on a satellite Ducati, who lead the first free practice finished second.
Ben Spies jumped up from his 7th place in FP session to take third, just 0.
084s from the provisional pole leader.
Carlos Checa went from 6th to 4th, while Shane Byrne, Fonsie Nieto and Max Biaggi also moved up in the grid into the top ten.
Noriyuki Haga slipped back from second to ninth place while Leon Haslam closed his session in 10th.
The first ten riders are all in less than five tenths of second from the Ten Kate Honda rider.
Sylvain Guintoli who is debuting with Alstare Suzuki was 22nd.
QP1 Results after the jump1 65 J.
REA GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.
7862 96 J.
SMRZ CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1′43.
8663 19 B.
SPIES USA Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.
8704 7 C.
CHECA ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.
9455 67 S.
BYRNE GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R 1′43.
9476 10 F.
NIETO ESP DFX Corse Ducati 1098R 1′44.
0057 84 M.
FABRIZIO ITA Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1′44.
1548 3 M.
BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′44.
2109 41 N.
HAGA JPN Ducati Xerox Team Ducati 1098R 1′44.
254 0.
46810 91 L.
HASLAM GBR Stiggy Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.
32411 71 Y.
KAGAYAMA JPN Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′44.
67412 111 R.
XAUS ESP BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1′44.
82213 11 T.
CORSER AUS BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR 1′44.
83014 23 B.
PARKES AUS Kawasaki World Superbike R.
T.
Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.
96315 100 M.
TAMADA JPN Kawasaki World Superbike R.
T.
Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.
97716 99 L.
SCASSA ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′45.
07717 14 M.
LAGRIVE FRA Honda Althea Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.
13318 66 T.
SYKES GBR Yamaha WSB Yamaha YZF R1 1′45.
23919 22 L.
CAMIER GBR Aprilia Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′45.
33320 15 M.
BAIOCCO ITA Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R 1′45.
34521 25 D.
SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′45.
39022 50 S.
GUINTOLI FRA Team Suzuki Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′45.
50823 9 R.
KIYONARI JPN Ten Kate Honda Racing Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.
67624 77 V.
IANNUZZO ITA Squadra Corse Italia Honda CBR1000RR 1′46.
51225 94 D.
CHECA ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone Yamaha YZF R1 1′46.
77526 88 R.
RESCH AUT TKR Suzuki Switzerland Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′47.
961
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