Submitted by David Emmett on
After a morning dominated by Ducatis, the four cylinders struck back at Kyalami, a Yamaha, Honda, BMW, and Suzuki getting to the top of the pile, leaving only one Ducati in the top 5. That Ducati sits on provisional pole, though, Xerox Ducati's Michel Fabrizio just edging out the Sterilgarda Yamaha of Cal Crutchlow to set the best time. HANNSpree Ten Kate's Johnny Rea is in 3rd, while the BMW's improvement continues, Troy Corser putting the S1000RR on the provisional front row of the grid.
Alstare Suzuki's Leon Haslam heads up the second row, ahead of the privateer Ducatis of Carlos Checa and Jakub Smrz. Max Biaggi, who was so fast this morning, could only manage the 8th time, after the Roman Emporer dropped his Aprilia RSV4 towards the end of the session.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff |
| 1 | 84 | M. Fabrizio | Ducati 1098R | 1'38.477 | |
| 2 | 35 | C. Crutchlow | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'38.529 | 0.052 |
| 3 | 65 | J. Rea | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'38.687 | 0.210 |
| 4 | 11 | T. Corser | BMW S1000 RR | 1'38.896 | 0.419 |
| 5 | 91 | L. Haslam | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'38.951 | 0.474 |
| 6 | 7 | C. Checa | Ducati 1098R | 1'38.954 | 0.477 |
| 7 | 96 | J. Smrz | Ducati 1098R | 1'39.027 | 0.550 |
| 8 | 3 | M. Biaggi | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'39.094 | 0.617 |
| 9 | 67 | S. Byrne | Ducati 1098R | 1'39.281 | 0.804 |
| 10 | 99 | L. Scassa | Ducati 1098R | 1'39.288 | 0.811 |
| 11 | 66 | T. Sykes | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'39.336 | 0.859 |
| 12 | 2 | L. Camier | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'39.621 | 1.144 |
| 13 | 41 | N. Haga | Ducati 1098R | 1'39.630 | 1.153 |
| 14 | 111 | R. Xaus | BMW S1000 RR | 1'39.642 | 1.165 |
| 15 | 52 | J. Toseland | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'39.656 | 1.179 |
| 16 | 32 | S. Morais | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 1'39.798 | 1.321 |
| 17 | 50 | S. Guintoli | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 1'39.834 | 1.357 |
| 18 | 76 | M. Neukirchner | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'40.024 | 1.547 |
| 19 | 77 | C. Vermeulen | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'40.646 | 2.169 |
| 20 | 95 | R. Hayden | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'41.054 | 2.577 |
| 21 | 23 | B. Parkes | Honda CBR1000RR | 1'41.216 | 2.739 |
| 22 | 15 | M. Baiocco | Kawasaki ZX 10R | 1'42.172 | 3.695 |
