Eugene Laverty secured pole for tomorrow's World Supersport race at Silverstone, but the Parkalgar Honda rider was made to work for it. Laverty and Ten Kate's Kenan Sofuoglu swapped positions for much of the second qualifying session, Laverty coming out on top in the final stages. The differences were minimal, however, with Laverty just three hundredths ahead of Sofuoglu, and Motocard.com Kawasaki's Joan Lascorz just five thousandths of a second behind Sofuoglu. Italian wildcard rider Roberto Tamburini took the last place on the front row on the Bike Service RT Yamaha.

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Althea Ducati's Carlos Checa became the first non-British rider to top the timesheets in the World Superbike class during the second session of free practice at the revised Silverstone circuit. The Spanish veteran nudged a trio of Brits off the top spot, beating Alstare Suzuki's Leon Haslam, HANNSpree Ten Kate's Johnny Rea and Sterilgarda Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow into 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. The gaps remain relatively small, however, as Checa was just a tenth of a second faster than Haslam, and a second covered the top 12. Superpole is to follow at 3pm local time.

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Tricky conditions at Silverstone on Saturday morning made it nigh on impossible for the World Superbike field to improve their times, leaving the timesheets virtually unchanged from Friday. Only one rider bettered his time from yesterday, HM Plant's Josh Brookes just sneaking into Superpole and knocking Roger Lee Hayden out of 20th spot.

Of the riders who didn't improve their times, it was Johnny Rea who came out on top, finishing ahead of BMW's Troy Corser, DFX Corse's Lorenzo Lanzi and Corser's teammate Ruben Xaus. The final grid will be settled this afternoon during Superpole.

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Londoner Gino Rea - no relation to World Superbike rider and Ulsterman Johnny - was the fastest World Supersport rider in the second session of free practice on a wet track. Rea finished ahead of championship contenders Eugene Laverty and Kenan Sofuoglu, with Motocard.com Kawasaki rider Katsuaki Fujiwara in 4th.

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Eugene Laverty took provisional pole for the World Supersport class at Silverstone on Friday afternoon, the Parkalgar Honda picking up where he left off during free practice. But Laverty's lead was slashed to the bare minimum, with Intermoto Czech's Gino Rea ending the first session of qualifying just under a tenth behind the Irishman. London-born Rea, in turn, finished seven hundredths ahead of Motocard Kawasaki rider Joan Lascorz, who was a similar amount quicker than Ten Kate's Kenan Sofuoglu.

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The first qualifying session for the World Superbike class at Silverstone saw the British riders maintain their hold on the front row, with Sterilgarda Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow taking provisional pole by a comfortable margin. This morning's fastest man, HANNSpree Ten Kate's Johnny Rea, took second spot, while an interloper in the shape of Australian Troy Corser set the 3rd fastest time on the BMW S1000RR, ending the session just ahead of Alitalia Aprilia's Leon Camier.

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Parkalgar Honda's Eugene Laverty has seized the initiative in the first session of free practice for the World Supersport class at Silverstone, ending the session with a major gap of over six tenths of a second. Motocard Kawasaki's Joan Lascorz was 2nd fastest, finishing ahead of local wildcard rider Billy McConnell on the Came Yamaha. Laverty's Parkalgar teammate Miguel Praia rounds out the provisional front row, the Portuguese rider getting the weekend off to his strongest start this season.

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