Lucas Mahias and Jules Cluzel had to go through Superpole 1 to qualify for SP2.
Mahias achieved the best time ahead of Roberto Rolfo, the winner of Phillip Island, and his teammate Federico Caricasulo. Lucas therefore moved on to the next phase. Cluzel failed in fourth position, which meant he would start from fourteenth place on the grid, i.e. the fifth row.
In Superpole 2, PJ Jacobsen won with the official MV Agusta, ahead of Kenan Sofuoglu, Sheridan Morais, Kyle Smith and Lucas Mahias.
Qualification results:
- 1 P. JACOBSEN (MV Agusta) 1
- 2 K. SOFUOGLU (Kawasaki) 1'55.009
- 3 S. MORAIS (Yamaha) 1'55.038
- 4 K. SMITH (Honda) 1'55.205
- 5 L. MAHIAS (Yamaha) 1'55.440
- 6 R. ROLFO (MV Agusta) 1'55.624
- 7 N. TUULI (Yamaha) 1'55.667
- 8 H. OKUBO (Honda) 1'55.690
- 9 R. MULHAUSER (Honda) 1'56.038
- 10 C. GAMARINO (Honda) 1'56.495
- 11 A. ZACCONE (MV Agusta) 1'56.818 (1° ESS)
- 12 G. REA (Kawasaki) 1'57.118
- 13 F. CARICASULO (Yamaha) 1'55.576
- 14 J. CLUZEL (Honda) 1'55.737
- 15 Mr. CANDUCCI (Kawasaki)
- 16 L. STAPLEFORD (Triumph) 1'56.04
- 17 Z. KHAIRUDDIN (Kawasaki) 1'56.310
- 18 K. RYDE (Kawasaki) 1'56.614
- 19 K. WATANABE (Kawasaki) 1'56.724
- 20 L. CRESSON (Yamaha) 1'56.976
- 21 H. SOOMER (Honda) 1'57.333 (2° ESS)
- 22 A. WAGNER(Honda) 1'57.360
- 23 R. HARTOG (Kawasaki) 1'57.518 (3° ESS)
- 24 S. HILL (Triumph) 1'57.741
- 25 N. CALERO (Kawasaki) 1
- 26 X. CARDELUS (MV Agusta)
- 27 L. EPIS (Kawasaki) 1
- 28 J. VAN SIKKELERUS (Yamaha) 1'58.600 (4° ESS)
- 29 P. SEBESTYÉN (Kawasaki) 1'58.638 (5° ESS)
- 30 H. KUNIKAWA (Honda) 1'59.015 (6° ESS)
- 31 J. CRETARO (Suzuki) 1'59.382 (7° ESS)
- 32 C. LONDON (Suzuki) 1'59.479 (8° ESS)
- 33 N. AL MALKI (Kawasaki) 1'59.917
- 34 D. PIZZOLI (MV Agusta) 2'04.532
Reference times:
Test record: 1'53.138 by Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta) in 2015
Lap record: 1'54.605 by PJ Jacobsen (Honda) in 2015
Here is the hours which Jules and Lucas will ride:
Sunday, April 2
9:00 a.m. to 09:15 a.m.: warm-up
11:30: Race
From Eurosport… Hope Fores is ok! #WorldSBK pic.twitter.com/4F2d1ZlBcK
— Moto Race Feed (@MotoRaceFeed) April 1, 2017
Xavi Fores, unhappy during the first Superbike round (© worldsbk.com)
SUPERSTOCK 1000: Florian Marino sixth and Jérémy Guarnoni ninth in qualifying
Superstock 1000 qualifying results:
- 1 M. RINALDI (Ducati) 1'52.245
- 2 M. SCHEIB (Aprilia) 1
- 3 M. FACCANI (BMW) 1'52.626
- 4 M. JONES (Ducati) 1'52.796
- 5 R. TAMBURINI (Yamaha) 1'52.812
- 6 F. MARINO (Yamaha) 1'53.151
- 7 T. RAZGATLIOGLU (Kawasaki) 1'53.154
- 8 I. MYKHALCHYK (Kawasaki) 1'53.284
- 9 J. GUARNONI (Kawasaki) 1
- 10 L. VITALI (Aprilia) 1'53.674
- 11 M. FRITZ (Yamaha) 1'53.802
- 12 F. SANDI ITA (BMW) 1'53.840
- 13 L. MARCONI (Yamaha) 1'54.097
- 14 F. D’ANNUNZIO (BMW) 1
- 15 S. SUCHET (BMW) 1
- 16 M. MOSER (Kawasaki) 1'54.711
- 17 K. MANFREDI (Kawasaki) 1'54.724
- 18 J. PUFFE (BMW) 1
- 19 W. TESSES (Kawasaki) 1
- 20 A. TUCCI (Yamaha) 1'55.289
- 21 A. SCHACHT (Ducati) 1'55.408
- 22 X. PINSACH (Kawasaki) 1'55.509
- 23 E. PUSCEDDU (Suzuki) 1'55.585
- 24 F. SANCHIONI (BMW) 1'55.807
- 25 B. LEU (Yamaha) 1'55.925
- 26 T. FINSTERBUSCH (Kawasaki) 1'55.966
- 27 R. CECCHINI (Kawasaki) 1'56.022
- 28 A. BERNARDI (BMW) 1'56.168
- 29 G. SCOTT (Kawasaki) 1'57.067
- 30 A. NOCCO (Kawasaki) 1'57.156
- 31 Mr. SBAIZ (BMW) 1
- 32 M. CUDEVILLE (Kawasaki) 1
Reference times:
Test record: 1'52.577 by Morenzo Savadori (Aprilia) in 2015
Lap record: 1'53.134 by Roberto Tamburini (BMW) in 2015