The battle between Yamaha Austria Racing Team and Michelin Research Power Team continues in Oschersleben. The Austrian Yamaha of Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Gwen Giabbani finally took first place of the qualification round in front of the Honda Michelin of William Costes, Hugo Marchand and Josep Monge. The average of the best times, YERT come up with a time of 1’27.882 against 1’27.968 for the Michelin Research Power Team. The qualifications were eventful for these two teams who saw their riders, Gwen Giabbani on the YART and Josep Monge for Michelin, fall at the end of the qualifying session. The riders are fine, but that is not the case for their machines which suffered from those falls. More than a second of the two leading teams we find the Kawasaki Bolliger Team Switzerland of Horst Saiger, Rico Penzkofer and Eric Mizera leads a permanent group of teams. These teams include the Yamaha BK Maco Moto Racing Team of Dani Ribalta, Andy Meklau and Victor Carrasco, the German Honda of RMT 21 Racing Team Germany entrusted to Olivier Depoorter, Chris Zaiser and Matti Seidel and the English Yamaha Phase One of Pedro Vallcaneras, Damian and Alex Cudlin. The newcomer from these permanent teams, the Suzuki AM Moto Racing ridden by Sullivan Hernandez, Pierre Guersillon and Fabrice Auger hoist themselves to the seventh position of this qualifying session in front of the Suzuki RT Racing Team of Jean-Louis Devoyon, Frédéric Jond and David Morillon and the Yamaha Amadeus X-One of Paolo Tessari, Ayrton Badovini and William Gruy, who were slowdown by a broken engine. The Suzuki 18 Sapeurs Pompiers with Stéphane Molinier, David Brière and Jérôme Tangre complete the top ten of these qualifications which give access to the Superpole. It will take place this afternoon starting from 17h15. This competition of the best individual chrono on one lap will enable to redistribute the order of the first ten places on the starting grid. In Superstock, the favourites, Qatar Endurance Racing Team, LTG 57-Zone Rouge and Endurance Moto 45 are neck a neck for the thirteenth and fourteenth on the grid. The race shall begin tomorrow, Sunday at 14h00.