Submitted by Jared Earle on
World Supersport superpole was contested by thirty three riders on a dry track with only race tyres available to them.
After the first flying lap, Randy Krummenacher headed the field with a 1'39.724, ahead of Raffaele De Rosa and Federico Caricasulo, but a late start from Lucas Mahias moved the posts to a 1'39.510.
Ten minutes in, Federico Caricasulo leapt six places up to take provisional pole with a 1'39.293 as Randy Krummenacher had a lap cancelled. Krummenacher then put in a 1'39.206 to take the top spot back with eleven minutes remaining.
At turn eight, Krummenacher pushed the front a bit too hard and crashed out of qualifying. As the clocked ticked down to the two minute remaining mark, Jules Cluzel climbed up to fourth place, behind Krummenacher, Caricasulo and Mahias. Mahias stole second place from Caricasulo and was on pace to improve with a minute left followed by Caricasulo.
Lucas Mahias beat Krummenacher's lap by three tenths of a second with a 1'38.909, with Federico Caricasulo two tenths behind him. Randy Krummenacher held on to a front row start. Hammes Soomer, Jules Cluzel and Luca Ottaviani made up the second row.
Lucas Mahias set the first Kawasaki pole position since Kenan Sofuoglu was racing.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap | Speed |
| 1 | 44 | L. MAHIAS | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'38.909 | 233,8 | |
| 2 | 64 | F. CARICASULO | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'39.115 | 0.206 | 240,5 |
| 3 | 21 | R. KRUMMENACHER | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'39.206 | 0.297 | 237,9 |
| 4 | 38 | H. SOOMER | Honda CBR600RR | 1'39.561 | 0.652 | 233,3 |
| 5 | 16 | J. CLUZEL | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'39.619 | 0.710 | 236,3 |
| 6 | 12 | L. OTTAVIANI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'39.836 | 0.927 | 230,3 |
| 7 | 32 | I. VINALES | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'39.842 | 0.933 | 238,9 |
| 8 | 3 | R. DE ROSA | MV Agusta F3 675 | 1'39.872 | 0.963 | 238,4 |
| 9 | 78 | H. OKUBO | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'39.913 | 1.004 | 236,3 |
| 10 | 60 | L. GABELLINI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'40.020 | 1.111 | 234,3 |
| 11 | 86 | A. BADOVINI | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'40.046 | 1.137 | 231,3 |
| 12 | 36 | T. GRADINGER | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'40.159 | 1.250 | 237,4 |
| 13 | 11 | K. SMITH | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'40.295 | 1.386 | 233,8 |
| 14 | 55 | M. ROCCOLI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'40.387 | 1.478 | 233,3 |
| 15 | 94 | C. PEROLARI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'40.531 | 1.622 | 235,8 |
| 16 | 27 | M. CASADEI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'40.726 | 1.817 | 234,8 |
| 17 | 22 | F. FULIGNI | MV Agusta F3 675 | 1'40.811 | 1.902 | 233,3 |
| 18 | 47 | R. HARTOG | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'40.893 | 1.984 | 231,8 |
| 19 | 74 | J. VAN SIKKELERUS | Honda CBR600RR | 1'40.905 | 1.996 | 235,8 |
| 20 | 56 | P. SEBESTYEN | Honda CBR600RR | 1'40.918 | 2.009 | 234,3 |
| 21 | 95 | J. DANILO | Honda CBR600RR | 1'40.938 | 2.029 | 231,8 |
| 22 | 33 | K. MANFREDI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'41.080 | 2.171 | 233,3 |
| 23 | 20 | F. FULIGNI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'41.405 | 2.496 | 233,8 |
| 24 | 84 | L. CRESSON | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'41.480 | 2.571 | 236,3 |
| 25 | 10 | N. CALERO | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'41.637 | 2.728 | 232,8 |
| 26 | 30 | G. VAN STRAALEN | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'41.736 | 2.827 | 232,8 |
| 27 | 4 | C. STANGE | Honda CBR600RR | 1'42.014 | 3.105 | 231,3 |
| 28 | 26 | P. HOBELSBERGER | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'42.402 | 3.493 | 230,8 |
| 29 | 6 | M. HERRERA | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'42.489 | 3.580 | 234,8 |
| 30 | 13 | R. ROLFO | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1'42.755 | 3.846 | 228,3 |
| 31 | 65 | M. CANDUCCI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'42.767 | 3.858 | 228,8 |
| 32 | 53 | G. SCONZA | Honda CBR600RR | 1'43.203 | 4.294 | 225,5 |
| 33 | 40 | A. GYORFI | Yamaha YZF R6 | 1'44.168 | 5.259 | 228,3 |
