WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Superpole Qualifying Results
Jonathan Rea claimed a fourth consecutive WorldSBK pole position of the year at Donington Park.
| WorldSBK Donington Park, Great Britain - Superpole Qualifying Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1:40.101s |
| 2 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +0.525s |
| 3 | Tom Sykes | GBR | Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team | +0.662s |
| 4 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | +1.250s |
| 5 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | GRT Yamaha | +1.292s |
| 6 | Scott Redding | GBR | Aruba.It Ducati | +1.966s |
| 7 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Team HRC | +2.105s |
| 8 | Michael Rinaldi | ITA | Aruba.It Ducati | +2.486s |
| 9 | Chaz Davies | GBR | GoEleven Ducati | +2.529s |
| 10 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Kawasaki Puccetti | +2.557s |
| 11 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | PATA Yamaha | +2.582s |
| 12 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | +2.700s |
| 13 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | PATA Yamaha | +2.739s |
| 14 | Luke Mossey | GBR | Pedercini Kawasaki | +3.111s |
| 15 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | RC Squadra Corse BMW | +3.244s |
| 16 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Team HRC | +3.524s |
| 17 | Isaac Vinales | SPA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | +4.529s |
| 18 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Barni Ducati | +4.602s |
| 19 | Christophe Ponsson | FRA | Gil Yamaha | +6.467s |
| 20 | Jonas Folger | GER | Benovo BMW | +6.559s |
| 21 | Loris Cresson | BEL | Pedercini Kawasaki | +6.674s |
As was the case in FP3, Rea was untouchable throughout qualifying in wet conditions as he claimed pole by +0.525s
The wet conditions sparked BMW into life as Michael Van Der Mark secured his first front row of the season with second, while nine-time Donington Park race winner Tom Sykes will start third.
Leon Haslam was one of the first riders to change from wet tyres to intermediates with five minutes to go, however, the Honda rider crashed on his first lap - bringing his session to a premature end whilst running fourth.
It was a disastrous qualifying for second in the championship Toprak Razgatlioglu. The Yamaha rider will start today’s race one in 13th place, while both factory Ducati riders Scott Redding and Michael Rinaldi looked on course for a similar position, before moving up to sixth and eighth on their final flying lap.
Free Practice Three
Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea was utterly dominant during this morning’s wet WorldSBK FP3 at Donington Park, while Kawasaki team-mate Alex Lowes was second fastest - +1.181s back.
Track conditions took a turn for the worse overnight following a dry FP1 and FP2. The rain persisted into the session as lap times were 14 seconds slower than yesterday.
Day-one pacesetter Garrett Gerloff went through the gravel at Redgate during the early stages, before Jonas Folger suffered a crash shortly after at turn eight. Scott Redding was the only other rider to take a tumble which came at the Melbourne loop late on.
Not known for his wet weather riding, Toprak Razgatlioglu could only manage eighth place, while fellow race winner at Misano Michael Rinaldi was only 16th.
