Hot Byrne secures pole for British Superbike Championship

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The Airwaves Ducati rider, who had made the early running in the session, had come under fire from HM Plant Honda rider Leon Haslam before Crutchlow, currently second into the title stakes, though 68 points down on Byrne then took over at the top of the qualifying leaderboard.

Pole star: Shane Byrne

But Byrne hit back strongly, timing the lap that took him a fourth pole start of the campaign to perfection with a time of 1m 05.162secs, an average speed of 107.84mph, and just 0.099secs up on Crutchlow before the rain effectively ended the session.

Crutchlow and Haslam have Leon Camier, riding the second Airwaves bike, sandwiched in between them on the front row of the grid, with the top four separated by only a third of a second.

Byrne admitted he was pleased to continue he recent run of pole positions.

"It's been a tough couple of weeks for us, but we've come through it all and done a good job here," Byrne said. "I enjoy riding this circuit although it has been hard on me in the past but we have had no problems here, with the bike running smoothly, with a good setting.

"I've never had so many poles as I'm taking this season - it is proving to be a great year.

"I put that down to us not running qualifying tyres, rather working for smooth, consistent laps, rather than just going out there and putting in one fast one."