Nicolo Bulega saved his best lap till the final opportunity to claim Superpole at the Cremona WorldSBK round.
The championship leader bettered his record lap time from last year as he set a scorching time of 1.27.866s.
Marc VDS rider and Assen pole sitter Sam Lowes was sitting pretty at the top of the charts before Bulega’s lap, before demoting to second.
BMW’s Toprak Razgatlioglu will start Race 1 in third place after qualifying three tenths off his championship rival.
Alvaro Bautista will start right behind his team-mate on the second row, followed closely by Hondas Xavi Vierge and GoEleven Ducati rider Andrea Iannone.
Remy Gardner produced an impressive display for GRT Yamaha, qualifying ahead of lead Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli and the second Honda rider of Iker Lecuona.
Michael van der Mark rounded off the top ten qualification spots, ensuring BMW has both riders inside the top half of the grid.
Scott Redding could only muster 11th place aboard his Panigale for Bonovo Racing, but finished the session quicker than Bimota rider Axel Bassani and last year’s treble winner Danilo Petrucci.
Dominique Aegerter ended up in 14th despite a crash on his final set of runs. Still, the Swiss rider separated both riders representing Barni Spark Racing, as Yari Montella followed closely behind.
The British duo of Alex Lowes and Jonathan Rea followed suit, the latter of whom returned for his race weekend of the season.
Garrett Gerloff mustered 18th place for Kawasaki, before rookies Bahattin Sofuoglu and Ryan Vickers closed out the grid ahead of Tito Rabat.
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