Althea Ducati's Carlos Checa continues to head the World Superbike field at Imola, taking provisional pole with a lap eight tenths of a second under the race lap record held by Noriyuki Haga. While Checa led a bevy of Ducatis during FP1, this afternoon the Spaniard found a couple four-cylinder interlopers on his tail, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's Johnny Rea taking 2nd spot ahead of Alstare Suzuki's Leon Haslam. The Ducati Armada followed the Brits, with the Xerox Ducatis of Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio ending ahead of Shane Byrne.
Leon Haslam's dramatic improvement leaves championship leader Max Biaggi with a lot of work to do: While Haslam slashed 1.3 seconds off his earlier time, Biaggi could only get another two tenths out of his Alitalia Aprilia, leaving the Italian in lowly 14th position. Final qualifying positions will only be settled during Saturday afternoon's Superpole session, but it will be busy in the Aprilia garage tonight.
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