Ayrton Badovini earned a maiden Superpole victory at the Nurburgring.

Team Ducati Alstare’s Ayrton Badovini claimed victory in a weather-affected World Superbike Championship Superpole session at the Nurbugring, comfortable in the variable conditions that saw a shake-up of the grid.

The result marks the Panigale 1199 R’s second pole position of the season after teammate Carlos Checa secured pole at the season opener at Phillip Island.

Rain began to fall lightly prior to the start of the session, with officials declaring the session wet. The greasy track suited Badovini, who headed both 20-minute sessions.

Second place went to BMW Motorrad GoldBet’s Marco Melandri, with Tom Sykes claiming third aboard the Kawasaki Racing Team entry despite a late crash.

Sykes’ teammate Loris Baz was fourth-fastest, from the Pata Honda World Superbike pairing of Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam.

Chaz Davies brought the second BMW home in seventh, with points leader Sylvain Guintoli a disappointing eighth. Jules Cluzel was ninth, with Max Neukirchner rounding out the top 10.

Aussie Mark Aitchison missed Superpole by a single place, and will start Sunday’s races from 16th on the grid.

Yakhnich Motorsport’s Sam Lowes grabbed his eighth pole position of the season in the World Supersport class, with title rival Kenan Sofuoglu alongside. Fabien Foret, teammate to Sofuoglu, rounds out the front row on the second Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki.

Row two consists of Vladimir Leonov, Lorenzo Zanetti and Jack Kenndy, while row three features Kev Coghlan, Ronan Quarmby and Roberto Tamburini.

Jed Metcher was the best-placed Aussie in class, with 25th position on the Team Suzuki Mayer mount. Matt Davies was 33rd, while Mitchell Carr was 36th.

Superstock 1000 pole position was achieved by Sylvain Barrier, while the Superstock 600 race win went the way of Franco Morbidelli from Alessandro Nocco and Christian Gamarino.

Adrian Nestorovic made good ground in the race to finish seventh on hi MTM-MVR Racing Team Yamaha.

Jake Lewis took pole for the European Junior Cup one-make class, with Aussie Zac Levy in 26th.

2013 World Superbike Championship
Round 10 – Nurburgring, Germany

Superbike qualifying:
1. Ayrton Badovini 2’09.513
2. Marco Melandri 2’09.616
3. Tom Sykes 2’10.136
4. Loris Baz 2’10.401
5. Jonathan Rea 2’11.204
6. Leon Haslam 2’12.006
7. Chaz Davies 2’12.663
8. Sylvain Guintoli 2’13.177
9. Jules Cluzel 2’14.454
10. Max Neukirchner 2’15.975
11. Leon Camier 2’16.393
12. Eugene Laverty 2’16.409
13. Michel Fabrizio 2’16.660
14. Davide Giugliano 2’18.775
15. Matej Smrz 2’19.277
16. Mark Aitchison 1’56.344
17. Markus Reiterberger 1’56.362
18. Carlos Checa 1’56.451
19. Federico Sandi 1’57.482
20. Vittorio Iannuzzo 1’58.409

Supersport qualifying:
1. Sam Lowes 1’58.993
2. Kenan Sofuoglu 1’59.107
3. Fabien Foret 1’59.433
4. Vladimir Leonov 1’59.677
5. Lorenzo Zanetti 1’59.686
6. Jack Kennedy 1’59.701
7. Kev Coghlan 1’59.748
8. Ronan Quarmby 1’59.786
9. Roberto Tamburini 1’59.828
10. Christian Iddon 1’59.878
11. David Salom 1’59.895
12. Michael Vd Mark 2’00.100
13. Luca Scassa 2’00.264
14. Roberto Rolfo 2’00.327
15. Florian Marino 2’00.354
16. Riccardo Russo 2’00.514
17. Leon Bovee 2’00.640
18. Alex Baldolini 2’00.729
19. Raffaele De Rosa 2’00.762
20. Stefan Kerschbaumer 2’00.932
25. Jed Metcher (AUS) 2’01.212
33. Matt Davies (AUS) 2’03.011
36. Mitchell Carr (AUS) 2’03.628

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