2009 Portimao World Superbike QP2 Results - Rea Consolidates
Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2009-10-24 09:35
Johnny Rea held on to provisional pole during the second session of qualifying for the World Superbike class at Portimao. Rea improved his time to finish ahead of Ducati's Michel Fabrizio and Aprilia's Max Biaggi, while Jakub Smrz completes the provisional front row. Noriyuki Haga took four tenths off his time from QP1 to leapfrog ahead of Ben Spies, who could not improve on the time he set yesterday.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 65 | J. Rea | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'43.458 | |
| 2 | 84 | M. Fabrizio | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.597 | 0.139 |
| 3 | 3 | M. Biaggi | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'43.714 | 0.256 |
| 4 | 96 | J. Smrz | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.796 | 0.338 |
| 5 | 41 | N. Haga | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.803 | 0.345 |
| 6 | 19 | B. Spies | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'43.870 | 0.412 |
| 7 | 67 | S. Byrne | Ducati 1098R | 1'43.885 | 0.427 |
| 8 | 91 | L. Haslam | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'43.943 | 0.485 |
| 9 | 7 | C. Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'43.945 | 0.487 |
| 10 | 10 | F. Nieto | Ducati 1098R | 1'44.005 | 0.547 |
| 11 | 99 | L. Scassa | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'44.010 | 0.552 |
| 12 | 11 | T. Corser | BMW S1000 RR | 1'44.039 | 0.581 |
| 13 | 71 | Y. Kagayama | Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 | 1'44.087 | 0.629 |
| 14 | 14 | M. Lagrive | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'44.214 | 0.756 |
| 15 | 22 | L. Camier | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'44.264 | 0.806 |
| 16 | 23 | B. Parkes | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'44.487 | 1.029 |
| 17 | 50 | S. Guintoli | Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 | 1'44.569 | 1.111 |
| 18 | 111 | R. Xaus | BMW S1000 RR | 1'44.755 | 1.297 |
| 19 | 15 | M. Baiocco | Ducati 1098R | 1'44.903 | 1.445 |
| 20 | 100 | M. Tamada | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'44.938 | 1.480 |
| 21 | 66 | T. Sykes | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'44.978 | 1.520 |
| 22 | 25 | D. Salom | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'45.153 | 1.695 |
| 23 | 77 | V. Iannuzzo | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'45.518 | 2.060 |
| 24 | 9 | R. Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'45.676 | 2.218 |
| 25 | 94 | D. Checa | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'46.006 | 2.548 |
| 26 | 88 | R. Resch | Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 | 1'46.596 | 3.138 |
Riders in bold progress to this afternoon's Superpole session
Round Number:
14
2009




