Source: WSBK.

With high track and air temperatures the first ever Tissot-Superpole at the Sepang International Circuit has been won by Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team), who will start from pole position for the fourth time in his WSBK career.

At the end of a hot and humid 15 minutes on track Guintoli secured his second Superpole of the year, winning the grid deciding battle by a margin of 0.106s courtesy of a 2m03.002s lap time set in the closing stages.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) complete the front row with Toni Elias (Red Devils Roma Aprilia), Marco Melandri (Aprilia Racing Team) and an unlucky Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team), who crashed whilst on a potential pole position lap, making up row two in both of tomorrow’s 16-lap encounters.

In the EVO category, the accolade of being the first classified competitor went to David Salom (Kawasaki Racing Team) who qualified 12th overall.

Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki), ninth, and Salom were the first two classified riders in Superpole 1, progressing to the final shootout with the already seeded top 10 from the combined free practice sessions.

Ayrton Badovini (Team Bimota Alstare) had been on course for one of the coveted top two places before the Italian fell, thankfully without injury.

Australia’s Bryan Staring improved to 23rd in qualifying on the Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R, his 2m07.926 coming in 1.5s off the pace of top EVO contender Salom.

In World Supersport it was Frenchman Jules Cluzel who rode the MV Agusta to pole position, the front row completed by Kev Coghlan and Michael van der Mark.

2014 Superbike World Championship
Round six – Sepang, Malaysia

Superbike qualifying results:
1. Sylvain Guintoli 2m03.002s
2. Tom Sykes 2m03.108s
3. Davide Giugliano 2m03.137s
4. Toni Elias 2m03.160s
5. Marco Melandri 2m03.971s
6. Loris Baz 2m04.027s
7. Eugene Laverty 2m04.263s
8. Chaz Davies 2m04.343s
9. Alex Lowes 2m04.433s
10. Jonathan Rea 2m04.514s
23. Bryan Staring (AUS) 2m07.926s (E)

Supersport qualifying results:
1. Jules Cluzel 2m08.331s
2. Kev Coghlan 2m08.424s
3. Michael van der Mark 2m08.961s
4. Kenan Sofuoglu 2m08.977s
5. Roberto Rolfo 2m09.134s
6. Lorenzo Zanetti 2m09.494s
7. Zaqhwan Zaidi 2m09.552s
8. PJ Jacobsen 2m09.580s
9. Jack Kennedy 2m09.613s
10. Ratthapark Wilairot 2m09.707s

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