PBM Kawasaki's Tom Sykes took his second ever World Superbike pole position today at Misano on a soaking wet track but proved he had consistent pace with top three lap times in each Superpole session.

The Huddersfield man has struggled top get a good dry setup all weekend but was pleased when the heavens opened as his electronics mastered the conditions perfectly, enabling him to take to spot.

“That just makes it a little bit sweeter for me, having struggled to get a good dry set-up at some points this weekend. I took this pole in exactly the same conditions as last year at Imola. I want to give massive credit to Kawasaki Racing and Paul Bird Motorsport, because in those conditions we have a strong electronics package and that helped us today," said Sykes.

"Conditions we so slippery and we found the maximum. Tomorrow is another day but I am optimistic. I want to get a good start and go as fast as I can for 24 laps. I want to have a top six again, like in America, and today’s Superpole win was just a kind of added extra.”