Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) won the first Superpole prize of his career at Assen, after setting a new track best of 1'34.944.

Rea is the only rider to have gone under the 1'35 mark on the new Assen layout, although Jakub Smrz (Pata B&G Ducati) came close with his second place time of 1'35.062.

Troy Corser starts from the front row on his official BMW, with Leon Haslam fourth for Suzuki Alstare. Leon Camier made it five different makes in the top five on his Aprilia Alitalia RSV4.


1 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.944
2 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'35.062
3 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'35.306
4 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'35.330
5 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'35.633
6 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'35.892
7 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'35.909
8 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.405
9 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'36.027
10 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'36.061
11 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1'36.069
12 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'36.094
13 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1'36.327
14 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.348
15 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'36.574
16 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.581
17 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.906
18 57 Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'36.989
19 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.378
20 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1'38.622
21 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.471
22 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.769