Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) took his second pole of the 2011 season by posting the fastest lap of the weekend in Superpole three, a 1'28.099. Local rider Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) will line up behind Checa at Leon's home track, with another British rider, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) third. The last spot on the front row will be taken by Czech star Jakub Smrz (Effenbert - Liberty Racing Ducati).
Carlos Checa: "What can I say? Everything is working so well here at Donington, we expected to go well and we did it. Our progress from yesterday to today was quite comfortable, basically today the tyres were working well with these conditions and this cold. With one lap to get going it was not easy to get confidence but I was able to get a good enough time to get the pole and that's important for tomorrow."
Leon Haslam: "Donington is my local circuit and me and Tom have had some great battles in the past in BSB, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. We got a front row start which we wanted. I've definitely made some good progress from Australia to this event so hopefully it'll be a dry day tomorrow and I can try and beat Carlos this time."
Tom Sykes: "I'm really happy now with this good starting slot for tomorrow's races. I think that's the hardest part of the weekend because qualifying is always important. We had a little problem in SP2 and had to waste a qualifying tyre but for SP3 we went out on a race tyre. The second row was guaranteed but to squeeze onto the front row was something unexpected."
1. Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'28.0992. Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1'28.3653. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'28.5564. Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'28.5615. Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'28.6736. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'28.7027. Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'28.7378. Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1'29.5149. Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1'28.80310. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 1'28.83611. Michel Fabrizio (Team Suzuki Alstare) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'29.13512. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'29.42213. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) Yamaha YZF R1 1'29.31214. Sylvain Guintoli (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) Ducati 1098R 1'29.87915. Maxime Berger (Supersonic Racing Team) Ducati 1098R 1'30.00216. Ruben Xaus (Castrol Honda) Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.07617. Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team) BMW S1000 RR 1'30.16918. Roberto Rolfo (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'30.68019. Mark Aitchison (Team Pedercini) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'31.11720. Chris Vermeulen (Kawasaki Racing Team) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1'31.48
