So Superpole was declared a 'Wet Superpole', with the top sixteen riders all having a maximum of 12 laps in fifty minutes to post their fastest laps and take their grid positions. The riders who went out at the beginning managed faster laps than the riders who waited, hoping for the conditions to improve. But instead the rain fell even heavier and the deluge meant that many parts of the track had standing water. Suzuki Alstare riders Fonsi Nieto and Yukio Kagayama ended with the 16th and 13th quickest laps respectively, with Alstare Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner 15th. If that were not bad enough all three suffered falls in the treacherous conditions, but fortunately all escaped without injury. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) took Superpole, with Cal Crutchlow (Honda) second, Jonathan Rea (Honda) third and Max Biaggi (Ducati) fourth.

Yukio - 13th, 2:05.408

This afternoon's Superpole was very wet and slippery and not easy at all. There was a lot
of standing water on the track and that made things very tricky. My crash happened
without me knowing about it! I was letting off the brakes with the bike almost upright
and suddenly I was on the floor! Tomorrow is going to be very hard because I am on the
fourth row of the grid and I do not have a very good feeling for the bike - in either dry
or wet conditions. We need to find some solution in the morning warm-up and then I need
two good starts if I am to end the season with good results. But, I will try my hardest,
as usual, and see what happens.

Max - 15th, 2:06.830

In the dry this morning we found a set-up that was not so bad, but we didn't find a good
front and rear tyre combination. Because this track is so new, there is not enough rubber
down to give good grip and as soon as you go off-line you can get into trouble. We
learned more about the feeling of the bike in the wet this afternoon, but even so I am
hoping that tomorrow will be dry and we can have some good races. I am not happy with my
fourth row grid position, but I will try and make two really good starts and fight for
good results.

Fonsi - 16th, 2:10.953

I do not like this track in the wet and I found it very slippery. I had a small crash in
the rain, but I wasn't hurt at all. I could not get a good feeling with my bike in these
conditions at all, so I am hoping that tomorrow will be dry. I have been on the fourth
row of the grid before this season, so this situation is not new fo me. I know that
whatever the conditions tomorrow I need to get two good starts and that's what I will be
aiming for.

Final qualifying

1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:58.548, 2 Crutchlow (GB-Honda) 2:01.023, 3 Rea (GB-Honda)
2:02.027, 4 Biaggi (I-Ducati) 2:02.107, 5 Fabrizio (I-Ducati) 2:02.779, 6 Haslam
(GB-Honda) 2:02;861, 7 Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 2:023.014, 8 Xaus (E-Ducati) 2:03.023, 9
Laconi (F-Kawasaki) 2:03.494, 10 Haga (J-Yamaha) 2:04.420, 13 Yukio Kagayama (J-Suzuki
Alstare) 2:05.408, 15 Max Neukirchner (D-Alstare Suzuki) 2:06.830, 16 Fonsi Nieto
(E-Suzuki Alstare) 2:10.953