World Supersport

Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) had his Friday best qualifying time to thank for his pole position at Assen, while second place rider Broc Parkes (Honda Ten Kate Racing Products) was another who could not improve his opening day pace in today’s final session. Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda) left it late to make sure he got third place on the grid, one ahead of top Kawasaki qualifier, Kenan Sofuoglu (DeltaFin Lorenzini).

Championship leader Fabien Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) will start from row two after going fifth overall in qualifying, and Imre Toth (Racing Team Toth Honda) held onto his more than respectable sixth. Sheridan Morais (Kawasaki DeltaFin Lorenzini) and Vladimir Leonov (Yakhnich Motorsport Yamaha) complete the second row for Sunday’s 21-lap race.

Times: 1. Lowes S. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.900; 2. Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'38.939; 3. Cluzel J. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 1'39.450; 4. Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'39.548; 5. Foret F. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'39.730; 6. Toth I. (HUN) Honda CBR600RR 1'40.040; 7. Morais S. (RSA) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'40.090; 8. Leonov V. (RUS) Yamaha YZF R6 1'40.289; etc.

Superstock 1000

Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia Gold Bet) improved on his Friday best to take pole at Assen, as Team Pedercini Kawasaki rider Bryan Staring went second overall. Barrier's Italian teammate Lorenzo Baroni was third, as he had been on day one, while Loris Baz (Kawasaki MRS) continued the front row symmetry of machines by putting a ZX-10R into fourth place. The first Ducati on the grid, in fifth, belongs to Barni Racing Team rider Eddi La Marra. Fabio Massei (EAB Ten Kate Junior Honda) added another machine to the top six mix on his CBR1000RR.

Times: 1. Barrier S. (FRA) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.566; 2. Staring B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'39.873; 3. Baroni L. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1'39.888; 4. Baz L. (FRA) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'40.201; 5. La Marra E. (ITA) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'40.394; 6. Massei F. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'40.621; 7. Savadori L. (ITA) Ducati 1199 Panigale 1'40.759; 8. Bussolotti M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'41.080; etc.