World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Superpole Qualifying Results

Results from Superpole qualifying, round ten of the 2021 World Superbike Championship at Jerez, Spain.

25 Sep 2021

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jerez WorldSBK, 24 September 2021
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UPDATE: The remainder of Saturday's track action at Jerez has been cancelled after a serious accident for Dean Berta Viñales in the SSP300 race.

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Toprak Razgatlioglu has claimed a stunning Jerez World Superbike pole position - his first of 2021 and just the second of his career.

World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Superpole Qualifying Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	PATA Yamaha	1:38.512s
2	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.027s
3	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team	+0.102s
4	Scott Redding	GBR	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.149s
5	Michael Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Ducati	+0.348s
6	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	PATA Yamaha	+0.544s
7	Loris Baz	FRA	GoEleven Ducati	+0.810s
8	Leon Haslam	GBR	Team HRC	+0.911s
9	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Team HRC	+1.097s
10	Garrett Gerloff	USA	GRT Yamaha	+1.235s
11	Leandro Mercado	ARG	MIE Honda Racing	+1.511s
12	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+1.569s
13	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+1.580s
14	Jonas Folger	GER	Benovo BMW	+1.609s
15	Eugene Laverty	IRL	Motorrad BMW WorldSBK Team	+1.694s
16	Isaac Vinales	SPA	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+1.761s
17	Kohta Nozane	JPN	GRT Yamaha	+1.855s
18	Samuele Cavalieri	SPA	Barni Ducati	+1.921s
19	Marvin Fritz	GER	IXS-YART Yamaha	+1.978s
20	Andrea Mantovani	ITA	Vince64 Racing Kawasaki	+2.283s
21	Christophe Ponsson	FRA	Gil Yamaha	+2.518s
22	Loris Cresson	BEL	Pedercini Kawasaki	+2.743s
23	Lachlan Epis	AUS	Pedercini Kawasaki	+4.114s

The opening run saw Alex Lowes set a blistering 1:38.730s lap - fastest time of the weekend to that point as Jonathan Rea was just +0.005s behind in P2.

The gap to Andrea Locatelli in third was a huge six tenths, while Razgatlioglu could only manage 11th on his first flying lap.

The beginning of run #2 saw Michael Rinaldi join both KRT riders in going under the 1m 39s barrier to go P3.

Lowes then went even quicker on his second lap to once again get the better of Rea, however, a stunning last sector from Razgatlioglu saw him recover a two tenth deficit and eventually claim pole by -0.027s.

Rinaldi will start fifth after being pushed down to fourth by team-mate Scott Redding. The third fastest Ducati was Loris Baz who managed seventh, one spot behind Locatelli.

World Superbike Jerez, Spain - Superpole Qualifying Results

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