Tom Sykes claimed another Superpole victory in Turkey.

Current World Superbike Championship points leader Tom Sykes has secured his seventh Superpole victory of the 2013 season at Istanbul Park in Turkey.

The Kawasaki Racing Team rider made the most of of the improved conditions in the afternoon following morning rain, and was first to break into the 1m54s bracket in the race for the top spot.

Championship rival, Aprilia’s Sylvain Guintoli pressured Sykes’ best lap but couldn’t find the margin necessary – 0.022 seconds, to be exact – to steal pole position.

Davide Giugliano made it two Aprilia RSV4s on the front row, qualifying his Red Devils Roma machine an impressive third.

Eugene Laverty heads up row two on the second factory RSV4, with Toni Elias continuing to perform strongly in his WSBK debut, fifth fastest on the other Red Devils machine.

Fixi Crescent Suzuki’s Jules Cluzel was sixth, with BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK’s Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies seventh and eighth respectively.

Leon Haslam qualified his factory Honda in ninth, while Mark Aitchison continued his impressive form on the Pedercini Kawasaki, with the Aussie grabbing 10th place.

Turkish rider Kenan Sofuolgu claimed a home pole position in the Supersport ranks, lapping his Mahi Racing Team India Kawasaki around three-tenths quicker than points leader, Yakhnich Motorsport’s Sam Lowes.

MV Agusta rider Christian Iddon was a solid third from Kawasaki’s Florian Marino and Kawasaki’s Kev Coghlan.

Aussie Damian Cudlin will start his first World Supersport race with PTR Honda from 25th position.

World Superbike Championship
Round 11 – Istanbul Park, Turkey

Superbike qualifying:
1. Tom Sykes 1m54.872
2. Sylvain Guintoli 1m54.894
3. Davide Giugliano 1m55.073
4. Eugene Laverty 1m55.340
5. Toni Elias 1m55.546
6. Jules Cluzel 1m55.614
7. Marco Melandri 1m56.402
8. Chaz Davies 1m56.416
9. Leon Haslam 1m56.463
10. Mark Aitchison 1m57.001
11. Federico Sandi 1m57.329
12. Michel Fabrizio 1m57.371
13. Tolga Uprak 2m02.469
14. Yunus Ercelik 2m04.070
15. Vittorio Iannuzzo 2m39.610

Supersport qualifying:
1. Kenan Sofuoglu 1m58.380
2. Sam Lowes 1m58.762
3. Christian Iddon 1m59.438
4. Florian Marino 1m59.595
5. Kev Coghlan 1m59.655
6. David Salom 1m59.672
7. Michael Vd Mark 1m59.785
8. Lorenzo Zanetti 1m59.826
9. Raffaele De Rosa 1m59.842
10. Roberto Tamburini 1m59.871
11. Fabien Foret 1m59.970
12. Vladimir Leonov 2m00.166
13. Jack Kennedy 2m00.179
14. Roberto Rolfo 2m00.327
15. Luca Scassa 2m00.351
16. Alex Baldolini 2m00.454
17. Sheridan Morais 2m00.480
18. Massimo Roccoli 2m00.501
19. Fabio Menghi 2m00.588
20. Ronan Quarmby 2m00.843
25. Damian Cudlin (AUS) 2m02.460

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