Submitted by Jared Earle on
This session started slowly, with a damp, patchy track. Riders were able to post fast times in the first sector, but the conditions meant the remaining sectors slowed them down to longer times than yesterday. Only towards the end of the session did riders start to put in faster laps than in the first timed session.
It was important to get data for settings and a top 16 time more than it was to get the outright fastest lap, but even then, Jakub Smrz worked hard to keep the provisional pole, even though Carlos Checa tried really hard to take it off him. Two tenths separated the only two men in the 1'48s.
The losers today were Ayrton Badovini, Leon Camier and David Salom, who were both pushed from the top 16, and therefore Superpole, by a resurgent John Hopkins, finally showing form with a provisional second-row place, Niccolo Canepa and Lorenzo Zanetti.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 96 | SMRZ J | Ducati 1098R | 1'48.517 | |
| 2 | 7 | CHECA C | Ducati 1098R | 1'48.789 | 0.272 |
| 3 | 33 | MELANDRI M | BMW S1000 RR | 1'49.009 | 0.492 |
| 4 | 50 | GUINTOLI S | Ducati 1098R | 1'49.079 | 0.562 |
| 5 | 58 | LAVERTY E | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'49.175 | 0.658 |
| 6 | 65 | REA J | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'49.243 | 0.726 |
| 7 | 21 | HOPKINS J | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'49.531 | 1.014 |
| 8 | 3 | BIAGGI M | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'49.584 | 1.067 |
| 9 | 91 | HASLAM L | BMW S1000 RR | 1'49.634 | 1.117 |
| 10 | 66 | SYKES T | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'49.636 | 1.119 |
| 11 | 84 | FABRIZIO M | BMW S1000 RR | 1'49.654 | 1.137 |
| 12 | 19 | DAVIES C | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'49.968 | 1.451 |
| 13 | 121 | BERGER M | Ducati 1098R | 1'49.980 | 1.463 |
| 14 | 87 | ZANETTI L | Ducati 1098R | 1'50.014 | 1.497 |
| 15 | 59 | CANEPA N | Ducati 1098R | 1'50.031 | 1.514 |
| 16 | 34 | GIUGLIANO D | Ducati 1098R | 1'50.280 | 1.763 |
| 17 | 76 | BAZ L | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'50.424 | 1.907 |
| 18 | 86 | BADOVINI A | BMW S1000 RR | 1'50.427 | 1.910 |
| 19 | 44 | SALOM D | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'50.504 | 1.987 |
| 20 | 2 | CAMIER L | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'50.520 | 2.003 |
| 21 | 4 | AOYAMA H | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'50.963 | 2.446 |
| 22 | 36 | MERCADO L | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1'51.843 | 3.326 |
| 23 | 16 | HOLDEN J | BMW S1000 RR | 1'52.108 | 3.591 |
| 24 | 14 | TURPIN S | Ducati 1098R | 1'54.399 | 5.882 |
