Rizla Suzuki make history in new qualifying, Tom Sykes claimed his second pole position at Cadwell Park in the new Swan Combi 50 – Roll for Pole qualifying session despite crashing on his final flying lap in the last 20 seconds of the session.

Sykes said: “The other boys really kept me on my toes in that session. I had put a decent lap time in but was still second on my pit board so I just went out there and was riding on the limit. I just tried a little bit harder on the final attempt and tried something different going in to the chicane – it didn’t work and I ended up on the floor. I struggled in the rain but it was much better this afternoon. It was key to be on the front row here tomorrow and if I can make a good start we should get another good result for the Rizla Suzuki team. It would be fantastic to get another win here and I have to thank the team for working so hard in that qualifying session.”

With just ten minutes on the clock in the final shootout to decide the top ten positions it was Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne on the Airwaves Ducati who put in the first flying lap with six minutes to go.

Then it was Cal Crutchlow’s turn at the top, with the HM Plant Honda rider bettering Byrne’s lap almost immediately afterwards, putting Byrne back to second ahead of Leon Haslam. Crutchlow’s lap time was the fastest of the weekend but it just wasn’t enough as in the same minute Sykes posted an ever quicker lap to put himself ahead.

Leon Haslam will start from the second row in fourth place tomorrow; the rows on the grid will consist of three riders. Leon Camier on the second of the Airwaves Ducati’s was fifth.

Bennetts British Superbike Championship, Swan Combi 50 – Roll for Pole qualifying result:

1. Tom Sykes (Rizla Suzuki) 1:27.495s
2. Cal Crutchlow (HM Plant Honda) +0.221s
3. Shane Byrne (Airwaves Ducati) +0.375s
4. Leon Haslam (HM Plant Honda) +0.422s
5. Leon Camier (Airwaves Ducati) +0.933s
6. Michael Rutter (North West 200 Ducati) +1.007s
7. Karl Harris (Rob Mac Racing Yamaha) +1.349s
8. Atsushi Watanabe (Rizla Suzuki) +1.365s
9. Simon Andrews (Lloyds British Yamaha) +1.505s
10. Michael Laverty (Relentless Suzuki) +1.731s

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