Tom Sykes
• 26th career pole, tied with Troy Bayliss on the second all-time spot; only Troy Corser is ahead, with 43
• He has scored his third pole at Donington: only Carl Fogarty has started from pole position four times here, in four consecutive years, from 1992 to 1995
• He has won the last four races held at Donington: the only rider who has recorded such a sequence of victories at this track. In 2013, his wins came from pole
• He is in the best possible position to become one of the most successful riders at Donington: Carl Fogarty won six times here and Scott Russell five. With a double, he would equal his fellow countryman

Jonathan Rea
• 16th rider in history to record at least 30 front row starts: he is trailing Max Biaggi (32). This is his first front row start at the Donington track, on his sixth WorldSBK weekend here
• He has finished his last 11 races on the podium: should he finish on the podium in race 1, he would equal the fourth all-time string, recorded by two riders: Troy Bayliss (2002: Silverstone/1 - Assen/1) and Neil Hodgson (2003: Valencia/1 - Silverstone/2)
• He heads into Sunday on 23 wins: his next target is Carlos Checa on 24 (7th all-time spot)
• He has won the last four races in 2015; only four riders in history have scored six or more successive wins: Colin Edwards, Neil Hodgson, Troy Bayliss and Doug Polen
• He arrives at Donington on the back of two doubles, in Assen and Imola. He is in the position to enter a very restricted elite of riders who have claimed three consecutive doubles: Troy Bayliss in 2002 (Valencia, Phillip Island, Kyalami) and 2006 (Valencia, Monza, Silverstone); Doug Polen in 1991 (Misano, Anderstorp, Sugo). The riders who have claimed four consecutive doubles, the best string in history are: Hodgson in 2003 (Valencia, Phillip Island, Sugo, Monza); Edwards in 2002 (Brands Hatch, Oschersleben, Assen, Imola)
• So far this year, he has only finished either first or second (8 wins, 2 second places)
• For the first time in history, Kawasaki locks out the first two grid spots at Donington

Davide Giugliano
• For the first time in his career, he has recorded a string of five front row starts
• 18th career front row: he has now matched Jakub Smrz on the 26th all-time spot
• he is still searching for his first podium at this track; his best result is a fourth, recorded in the second races of the last two years

Leon Haslam
• With fourth on the grid, Haslam qualifies in the top five as he has done at every event so far this year: pole at Aragon, second at Buriram, third at Phillip Island and Assen and fifth at Imola