Once again the Aruba.it Racing - Ducati riders are dominating the classes in the World Superbike paddock and in World Supersport it is Nicolo Bulega who claims pole position once again on board his Ducati Panigale V2
Bulega has dominated the World Supersport class this season and has shown no signs of slowing down in Catalunya. The Italian rider set a lap time of 1m 44.243 which only put the Championship leader 0.274 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Straight in behind Bulega was fellow former Moto2 rider Marcel Schrotter (MV Agusta Reparto Corse). The German rider will start from the front row on the MV after having a strong weekend so far.
Federico Caricasulo (Althea Racing Team) put his Ducati Panigale V2 on the front row as well as he dragged his white Ducati to third place on the grid.
Behind the two Ducati riders and the MV Agusta rider five Yamaha riders will lineup on the grid. Tom Edwards (YART WorldSSP Team) put his Yamaha R6 on the second row of the grid as he put in an impressive lap time to put himself fourth on the grid. Glenn van Straalen (EAB Racing Team) put himself fifth on the grid just behind the Australian rider.
Jorge Navarro (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) put together a good qualifying and positioned himself higher on the grid than his teammate as he qualified in sixth place. Valentin Debise (GMT94 Yamaha) was the fourth Yamaha out of the bunch of five as he qualified seventh place on the grid.
The final Yamaha inside the top ten is the Championship challenging Stefano Manzi (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha). The Italian rider could only bring himself to eighth on the grid and could not match his Championship rival who is on pole.
Ninth place was the rider who topped FP1, Bahattin Sofuoglu (MV Agusta Reparto Corse), the Turkish rider will start from an impressive ninth place. Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) rounded out the top ten as he put his Ducati in tenth place.
Tom Booth-Amos (Motozoo ME AIR Racing) managed to qualify 15th on his Kawasaki. Right behind Booth-Amos will be John McPhee (Vince64 by Puccetti Racing) who put his Kawasaki 16th on the grid.
Tarran Mackenzie (Petronas MIE Honda Team) was a late starter in qualifying on his Honda but could only manage 29th on the grid. Harry Truelove (Dynavolt Triumph) brought out a Red Flag out in qualifying and could only manage 30th place on the grid.
WorldSSP Catalunya - Superpole Results
2023 Catalunya WorldSSP | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Superpole Results | Rd. 4 of 12] | |||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Motorcycle | Lap |
1 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba Racing WorldSSP | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 44.243 |
2 | Marcel Schroetter | GER | MV Agusta Reparto Corse | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | 1m 44.517 |
3 | Federico Caricasulo | ITA | Althea Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 44.684 |
4 | Tom Edwards | AUS | YART | Yamaha R6 | 1m 44.777 |
5 | Glenn van Straalen | NED | EAB Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 44.860 |
6 | Jorge Navarro | ESP | Ten Kate Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 44.861 |
7 | Valentin Debise | FRA | GMT 94 | Yamaha R6 | 1m 44.875 |
8 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | Ten Kate Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 44.882 |
9 | Bahattin Sofuoglu | TUR | MV Agusta Reparto Corse | MV Agusta F3 800 RR | 1m 44.899 |
10 | Yari Montella | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 45.013 |
11 | Nicholas Spinelli | ITA | VFT Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 45.082 |
12 | Niki Tuuli | FIN | Dynavolt Racing | Triumph STR 765 RS | 1m 45.187 |
13 | Lucas Mahias | FRA | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1m 45.227 |
14 | Adrian Huertas | ESP | MTM Racing | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1m 45.282 |
15 | Tom Booth-Amos | GBR | Motozoo ME AIR Racing | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1m 45.310 |
16 | John McPhee | GBR | Vince64 by Puccetti | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1m 45.539 |
17 | Oliver Bayliss | AUS | D34G Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 45.543 |
18 | Raffaele de Rosa | ITA | Orelac Racing Verdnatura | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 45.560 |
19 | Anupab Sarmoon | THA | Yamaha Thailand Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 45.867 |
20 | Andrea Mantovani | ITA | Evan Bros WorldSSP | Yamaha R6 | 1m 45.914 |
21 | Apiwath Wongthananon | THA | Yamaha Thailand Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 45.990 |
22 | Max Kofler | GER | D34G Racing | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 46.249 |
23 | Federico Fuligni | ITA | Orelac Racing Verdnatura | Ducati Panigale V2 | 1m 46.568 |
24 | Adrian Fernandez Gonzalez | ESP | Evan Bros WorldSSP | Yamaha R6 | 1m 46.704 |
25 | Yuta Okaya | JPN | ProDina Racing | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1m 46.797 |
26 | Adam Norrodin | MAL | Petronas MIE Racing | Honda CBR600RR | 1m 46.877 |
27 | Luke Power | AUS | Motozoo ME AIR Racing | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1m 46.891 |
28 | Alvaro Diaz | ESP | Arco YART | Yamaha R6 | 1m 47.218 |
29 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | Petronas MIE Racing | Honda CBR600RR | 1m 47.379 |
30 | Harry Truelove | GBR | Dynavolt Racing | Triumph STR 765 RS | 1m 47.669 |
31 | Maiki Abe | JPN | VFT Racing | Yamaha R6 | 1m 47.904 |
32 | Baris Sahin | SUI | MDR Offitec Yamaha | Yamaha R6 | 1m 49.185 |