Factory Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow has qualified on the outside of the front row for his debut race in the class tomorrow, narrowly holding off Eugene Laverty by a tenth of a second.
In what emerged as a fairly non-dramatic second qualifying session, Ten Kate Honda's Kenan Sofuoglu claimed pole with a 1'34.320, desposing Joan Lascorz with eight minutes left to go. The Spaniard managed to find more than one and a half seconds from his time yesterday.
Crutchlow started the session fast, putting in a 1'34.945 with 36 minutes left in the session and didn't better it until right until the end when he banged in a 1'34.875 to cement his front row.
Parkalgar Honda's Laverty made a cautious start and didn't make any real moves until there was only half an hour left, putting in a 1'35.581. The Irishman then got within two one-hundredths of Crutchlow with seven minutes to go before the former footballer went on his last run.
Sofuoglu has found more than half a second from yesterday and leads Lascorz by four-tenths, with team-mate Andrew Pitt in third, half a second adrift of the Turk. Laverty himself has improved by more than a second since yesterday.
