Crutchlow on Brno pole

Added on Saturday, July 10th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

Briton Cal Crutchlow soared to the top of the times at Brno this afternoon, stealing his fourth Superpole win of the season.

Crutchlow will head up a mixed front row, with four different bikes making their way to the top. Alongside the Yamaha Sterilgarda rider is current championship leader Max Biaggi, who, at his favourite circuit, will be aiming to hold onto or possibly extend his advantage.

After a few difficult rounds under his belt, Jonathan Rea powered his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda to a third place start, in a bid to restart his 2010 campaign. Completing the front row is the BMW Motorrad Motorsport of Ruben Xaus, enjoying another strong showing for BMW.

The second row of the grid sees Sylvain Guintoli start from fifth, just ahead of Luca Scassa, Michel Fabrizio and Carlos Checa. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Lanzi and Brit James Toseland completed the top ten in ninthe and tenth, respectively.

Toseland’s fellow Brits, Tom Sykes, Leon Camier and Leon Haslam will start from twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth. Noriyuki Haga will split the Brits in fifteenth, with Shane Byrne just behind ready for a sixteenth place start.

Commenting on his fourth pole of the season, Crutchlow told the WSB website: “I definitely hoped to be here and I’d rather give away a pole for a race win, but you’ve got to take them when you can. I enjoyed that, it was a good session for us. Most of the sessions have been strong and my Yamaha is working well. Max is hard to beat in the championship and especially round here. I can see a big battle tomorrow, maybe ten guys at least at the start. I thought I could have got into the 57s because I was riding very deep into the corners, and I actually had another qualifier left but I’m happy with that.”

WSB, Qualifying Positions, Brno:

Pos Rider Nat Team Time

1    Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1’58.018
2    Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’58.743
3    Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1’59.094
4    Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1’59.135
5    Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’59.179
6    Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1’59.393
7    Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1’59.451
8    Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1’59.571
9    Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1’59.699
10 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1’59.699
11 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1’59.829
12 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1’59.830
13  Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’59.841
14 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1’59.995
15 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 2’00.258
16 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 2’00.564
17 Smrz J. (CZE) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2’00.341
18 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2’01.167
19 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2’01.523
20 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 2’00.508
21 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 2’01.463
22  Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 2’01.826