WorldSBK Qatar Superpole Results: Rea on pole for 2019 WorldSBK finale
WorldSBK Qatar Superpole Qualifying Results - Jonathan Rea collects his seventh Superpole of the 2019 WorldSBK season from Alex Lowes
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54 years 8 monthsJonathan Rea will start the final round of the 2019 WorldSBK season from pole position after comfortably dismissing his rivals in qualifying for the WorldSBK Qatar round.
Having topped the timesheets in FP3, Rea was once again in fine form over a single lap to stop the clock at 1m 56.246s, seeing off a Yamaha threat behind him to reel off his seventh Superpole in 13 events.
He gets underway in race one just ahead of his future Kawasaki team-mate Alex Lowes, who signs off from his time at Yamaha from the front row in second place, the British pair joined by the impressive Sandro Cortese, who did his hopes of impressing prospective employers for 2020 some good in third.
Tom Sykes surged up the timesheets to collect fourth for BMW, while Loris Baz and Leon Haslam are well poised in fifth and sixth, though the latter was aggrieved to have been held up by Eugene Laverty on his final lap.
A tough session for Ducati having looked strong in practice, Alvaro Bautista starts down in seventh position, while Chaz Davies – quickest on Friday – was only 12th on the grid.
Michael van der Mark starts eighth, ahead of Markus Reiterberger and Toprak Razgatlioglu, the Turk again struggling to show his hand in qualifying.
Elsewhere, Leon Camier was again top Honda in 13th, while Marco Melandri ended his final motorcycle qualifying session in 17th.
2019 WorldSBK Qatar Superpole Qualifying Results
Qatar WorldSBK, Losail - Superpole Qualifying Results | |||||
Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Model | Time |
1 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 56.246 |
2 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Pata Yamaha | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1m 56.431 |
3 | Sandro Cortese | GER | GRT Yamaha | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1m 56.529 |
4 | Tom Sykes | GBR | BMW WorldSBK Team | BMW S1000RR | 1m 56.714 |
5 | Loris Baz | FRA | Ten Kate SBK Yamaha | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1m 57.008 |
6 | Leon Haslam | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 57.096 |
7 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 57.250 |
8 | Michael van der Mark | NED | Pata Yamaha | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1m 57.354 |
9 | Markus Reiterberger | GER | BMW WorldSBK Team | BMW S1000RR | 1m 57.469 |
10 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 57.577 |
11 | Leandro Mercado | ARG | Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 57.597 |
12 | Chaz Davies | GBR | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 57.710 |
13 | Leon Camier | GBR | Moriwaki Althea Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 1m 57.752 |
14 | Jordi Torres | ESP | Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 57.802 |
15 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Barni Racing Team Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 57.827 |
16 | Eugene Laverty | IRL | Team Goeleven Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 58.504 |
17 | Marco Melandri | ITA | GRT Yamaha | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1m 58.565 |
18 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | JPN | Moriwaki Althea Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 1m 59.485 |
19 | Alessandro Delbianco | ITA | Althea Mie Racing Team Honda | Honda CBR1000RR | 2m 00.210 |
20 | Dominic Schmitter | AUT | iXS Racing powered by YART | Yamaha YZF R1 | 2m 00.246 |