A slight mistake by BMW's Leon Haslam meant the difference between front and second-row starts in tomorrow's World Superbike double-header at Monza after the Briton was forced to use up his qualifying tyre allocation before the final Superpole session this afternoon.

Haslam set the fastest time in the first outing because he was forced to put in one of his two sticky tyres and then had to use another in order to make it into the final showdown - leaving him with only a race tyre for the last session.

“I made a slight mistake in Superpole 1, which meant I went for the qualifying tyre to ensure I posted a quick time, so that’s why my lap time in SP1 was my fastest of the three sessions. In Superpole two I used the second and final set of qualifiers, but again I caught some riders in the wrong place on the track and my lap time wasn’t as quick," said Haslam.

"Still I made it through to Superpole 3. There I was forced to do the whole session on a race tyre, but I still managed sixth place. With regard to tomorrow I am feeling pretty confident, our race pace is good so I am really looking forward to getting out there.”