1. Sebastian CHARPENTIER (Honda CBR600RR), 1’38.351 2. Katsuaki FUJIWARA (Honda CBR600RR), 1’38.755 3. Fabien FORET (Honda CBR600RR), 1’39.741 4. Victor CARRASCO (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.042 5. Kevin CURTAIN (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.054 6. Michel FABRIZIO (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.169 7. Javi FORES (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’40.220 8. Gianluca NANNELLI (Ducati 749R), 1’40.373 9. Broc PARKES (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.437 10. Arturo TIZON (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’40.502 11. Stephane CHAMBON (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.739 12. Barry VENEMAN (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’40.775 13. Johan STIGEFELT (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.915 14. Sabastian LE GRELLE (Honda CBR600RR), 1’40.959 15. Christophe COGAN (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’41.017 16. Werner DAEMEN (Honda CBR600RR), 1’41.393 17. Jarno JANSEN (Suzuki GSX-R600), 1’41.413 18. Julien ENJOLRAS (Yamaha YZF-R6), 1’41.446 19. Tatu LAUSLEHTO (Honda CBR600RR), 1’41.509 20. Andrea BERTA (Ducati 749R), 1’41.852 More, from a press release issued by Ten Kate Honda: CHARPENTIER ON PROVISIONAL POLE IN SPAIN In warm and sunny conditions at the Ricardo Tormo circuit near Valencia in Spain this afternoon, Winston Ten Kate Honda rider and series leader Sébastien Charpentier took provisional pole position for Sunday’s third round World Supersport championship race. The Frenchman’s best time was 0.4s faster than his team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara, who set the second fastest time in the 45-minute qualifying session. The Winston pairing continues to set the pace in this year’s championship, although a further qualifying session tomorrow afternoon will determine the final grid positions for Sunday’s 23-lap (92km) race. Ronald ten Kate team manager: “We tried some new fork settings in this morning’s free practice session which both riders seemed to like, and the overall setting is a little different to what we used for the test here last month. It’s something we picked up from the data when we arrived here but it seems to be a move in the right direction. I’m pleased with the progress we’re making because, although it may seem easy from the outside, we’re having to put 100% into each session to stay ahead. Today is a good start to the weekend and we can now concentrate on getting the best set-up for the race instead of working on one quick qualifying lap.” Sébastien Charpentier fastest, 1m38.351s “Valencia was difficult for me last year after I was disqualified for missing a jump-start penalty, so I am very keen to do well here. We tried some different tyre combinations this afternoon but the track temperature went up which made it a little more difficult. But it may be the same conditions for the race on Sunday so we’ll try some more tomorrow morning to see which will be the best tyre choice. The CBR is a very good package but it will be difficult to have the bike absolutely perfect for Valencia. We’ll make some more laps tomorrow but at the moment I have to say I’m very happy.” Katsuaki Fujiwara second fastest, 1m38.755s “It was very strange this afternoon because, after I was fastest in this morning’s practice, I went out on the same tyres and with the same setting on the CBR but the track was very different. It became very slippery and many riders were crashing so I did not push as hard because I did not want to go the same way. We’ve been trying many tyre combinations but it will be a difficult choice for the race because of the right side of the tyre. I will try to do a long session tomorrow to see what will be the best choice but I am very satisfied with the progress we are making here.”