Michael Rutter managed to win the pole position today at the Swan Combi Roll for Poll for the British Superbike, despite a late session crash. Rutter finished .4 seconds ahead of Tom Sykes, before putting his bike to the pavement on the closing lap.
"That was a great session for me until the end! I got a good tow of Josh Brookes and got my head down straight away on the new tyres and bang the time was there. I went back out to try a practice start after making a change to the traction control and I just lost the rear. We have a good set up and we will give it a good go this afternoon."
Ryuichi Kiyonari finished third, and season leader Tommy Hill will complete the front row.
British Superbike - Brands Hatch - Swan Combi Roll for Poll
- Michael Rutter (Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati) 1m:25.766s
- Tom Sykes (Kawasaki WSB) +0.421s
- Ryuichi Kiyonari (HM Plant Honda) +0.456s
- Tommy Hill (Worx Crescent Suzuki) +0.522s
- Josh Brookes (HM Plant Honda) +0.638s
- James Ellison (Swan Honda) +0.800s
- Alastair Seeley (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) +0.815s
- Yukio Kagayama (Worx Crescent Suzuki) +0.931s
- Michael Laverty (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) +0.981s
- Ian Lowry (Kawasaki WSB) +1.430s
