World Supersport

Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) left it until the very last opportunity to record a lap time that gives him provisional pole after the first qualifying session at Monza. His lap time of 1 minute 47.601 seconds equaled – to the same 1/1000th of a second - the track best, originally set by Eugene Laverty in 2010. Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) got to within 0.437 seconds of the previous best lap at Monza as he took the second fastest lap of the first qualifying session. A strong day of work for the Kawasaki riders behind Lowes put Sheridan Morais (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) and Fabien Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) third and fourth respectively, while wild card rider Stefano Cruciani (Puccetti Racing Kawasaki Italia) was an impressive fifth against the series regulars.

Times:

1. Lowes S. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'47.601
2. Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'48.038
3. Morais S. (RSA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'48.419
4. Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'48.696
5. Cruciani S. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'48.808
6. Tamburini R. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.817
7. Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.910
8. Scholtz M. (RSA) Honda CBR600RR 1'49.188; etc.

Superstock 1000

Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet) set the provisional pole time at Monza, very close to the track best, with a 1 minute 46.340 that kept him ahead of Lorenzo Savadori (Barni Racing Team Italia). Barrier’s teammate, Lorenzo Baroni (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet), pushed his way to third, one place ahead of Savadori’s teammate Eddi La Marra (Barni Racing). A late charge from Bryan Staring (Team Pedercini Kawasaki) made him the top ZX-10R rider on display, fifth, with Christoffer Bergman (BWG Racing Kawasaki) right behind. Barrier was injured in a fall during the session and was declared unfit but he will go under medical review in the morning.

Times:

1. Barrier S. (FRA) BMW S1000 RR 1'46.340
2. Savadori L. (ITA) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'46.776
3. Baroni L. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'46.917
4. La Marra E. (ITA) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'46.973
5. Staring B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.237
6. Bergman C. (SWE) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.342
7. Reiterberger M. (GER) BMW S1000 RR 1'47.792
8. Lussiana M. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'47.814; etc.

Superstock 600

Riccardo Russo (Team Italia FMI Yamaha) and his teammate Luca Vitali stormed to the top of the first qualifying session at Monza, ahead of lap record holder Nacho Calero Perez (Team Trasimeno Yamaha). On a good day for R6 riders Franco Morbidelli (RCGM Team Yamaha) put himself fourth in a session that was red flagged and had to be restarted to complete the final six minutes of qualifying time. The first Honda rider home in the opening qualifying session was top all-round competitor Michael Vd Mark (EAB Ten Kate Junior Team Honda). Tony Covena (Team GOELEVEN Kawasaki) proved to be the top Kawasaki rider on show, seventh and 0.6 seconds behind the lead at this early stage.

Times:

1. Russo R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.356
2. Vitali L. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.410
3. Calero Perez N. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.529
4. Morbidelli F. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.750
5. Vd Mark M. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 1'51.964
6. Duwelz G. (BEL) Yamaha YZF R6 1'51.991
7. Covea T. (NED) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'52.006
8. Chesaux B. (SUI) Honda CBR600RR 1'52.131; etc.

European Junior Cup

Adrian Pasek took the honors in the first outing for the European Junior Cup class riders, a category in which all the riders are on identical KTM Duke 690 single-cylinder machines. Joshua Harland from the UK posted second and like Pasek his was a result taken very near the end of the session. Previous leading rider Jean-Francois Demoulin, from France, was third. Lukas Wimmer from Austria went to fourth in the first session, with the top five rounded out by Spanish competitor Javier Orellana. Kevin Chili, son of SBK legend Pierfrancesco Chili, was placed sixth.