Source: WorldSBK.

The 10th Tissot-Superpole of the 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship season was claimed in emphatic style by Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) after a tense Superpole 2 in 34 degrees heat at the 5.543km Sepang International Circuit.

By clocking in 2m03.240s, the fastest lap of the weekend so far, the British rider notched up his 28th career WorldSBK Pole Position and the fourth this year.

Alongside Sykes on the front row will be Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), who claimed a second successive front row start after Laguna Seca and Sylvain Guintoli, who is back on the front row for the first time after joining the Pata Honda team.

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) improved with his final lap to claim fourth place, ahead of Lowes and Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team).

Row three of the grid comprises series leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), who seemed well on course to a pole position lap in the final stages before a series of mistakes, Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) and Niccolò Canepa (Althea Racing).

The fourth row will see Matteo Baiocco (Althea Racing) and Randy de Puniet (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), while the previously declared unfit Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia), technically in 12th place despite being ruled out of Superpole 2 after his FP4 crash, will not be on track at all tomorrow for the two WorldSBK races.

His spot on the grid will be taken by Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda World Superbike), who failed to make it through Superpole 1 despite the steps forward shown in the last free practice session.

Australian newcomer Alex Phillis, on debut with Grillini SBK Team Kawasaki, will start from position 20 on the grid, posting a best lap of 2m10.512s.

PJ Jacobsen (CORE’’ Motorsport Thailand) has claimed the World Supersport pole position in today’s sole qualifying session at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

The 21-year-old from New York was able to clock in 2m08.244s on his first return to the circuit after the double arm-pump surgery he underwent last month.

Despite a couple of mistakes during his flying lap, the time set by the American proved to be quick enough to claim his career-maiden WSS pole position ahead of tomorrow’s 14-lap encounter.

After a late charge to the top, series leader Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) had to settle for second place as Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) took the last spot on the front row.

Row two is made up of two Italians and a British rider as Roberto Rolfo (Team Lorini), Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Gino Rea (CIA Landlords Insurance Honda) claimed fourth to sixth positions – the final pair on identical times.

Kyle Smith crashed his Pata Honda at the midway point of the 45-minute session but his time sees him seventh ahead of Alex Baldolini, who had another strong qualifying aboard his privately entered Race Department ATK#25 MV Agusta and Christian Gamarino (Team Go Eleven).

Top of the Aussies was Aiden Wagner in 15th making his first appearance with CIA Landlords Insurance Honda, while Glenn Scott (AARK Racing Honda) will start from 17th after a crash during the session.

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