Gino Rea is the provisional Supersport pole sitter at Silverstone

Rider Gino Rea has been very strong in the second test session of the Supersport World Championship at Silverstone Circuit, the Step Racing rider Honda was the fastest in the first qualifying session.

Rea set a time of 2:09.362 and takes provisional pole. It seems that after his victory at Brno, he is coming in with his batteries fully charged and at maximum power.

The second place went to Sam Lowes, who had to settle for this position after watching Rea set a strong pace, finishing 0.228s behind him.

Completing the front trio is Luca Scassa, who was the last to run a 2:09, although more than four tenths off the provisional pole. The Honda of Rea and Lowes performed very well in this first qualifying session.

The following positions were also taken by Honda, with Fabien Foret in fourth and Harms closing out the top five, although already more than a second behind Rea.

For our rider, David Salom, things did not go as well as in free practice, but he secured an eighth-place finish, which is very encouraging and gives him something to work with for the race. We still have another qualifying session tomorrow, and he will surely push to get further up the order.

The favourites did not fare well either ahead of the race, as Davies qualified tenth and Parkes fifteenth, so it seems they are not feeling entirely comfortable at Silverstone.

Now we just have to wait until FP2.

Source | WorldSBK