Sykes produced a lap of 1:59.443 while the next three in the standings - Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati), Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) and Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing) – failed to improve on their best times from Friday.
Indeed Melnadri is lucky to be even racing after his walked away largely unscathed from a high speed fall in the second qualifying period
Standings after first two qualifying sessions:
1 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
2 D. GIUGLIANO ITA Althea Racing Ducati 1098R
3 M. MELANDRI ITA BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
4 E. LAVERTY IRL Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory
5 C. CHECA ESP Althea Racing Ducati 1098R
6 M. FABRIZIO ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR
7 J. SMRZ CZE Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati 1098R
8 M. BIAGGI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia RSV4 Factory
9 D. SALOM ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R
10 L. BAZ FRA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10R
11 A. BADOVINI ITA BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet BMW S1000 RR
12 L. CAMIER GBR FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
13 C. DAVIES GBR ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia RSV4 Factory
14 J. REA GBR Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR
15 L. HASLAM GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW S1000 RR
16 J. HOPKINS USA FIXI Crescent Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
17 L. ZANETTI ITA PATA Racing Team Ducati 1098R
18 H. AOYAMA JPN Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR
19 M. BERGER FRA Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati 1098R
20 A. POLITA ITA Red Devils Roma Ducati 1098R
21 L. MERCADO ARG Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R
22 N. BRIGNOLA ITA Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW
23 V. KISPATAKI HUN Prop-tech ltd Honda CBR1000RR
