Honda Endurance Racing (Dunlop) and Team SRC Kawasaki France (Pirelli) will line up behind the three leaders.

The highest-placed privateer team are Fany Gastro BMW Motorrad by Mercury Racing, who will start from 6th place ahead of Kawasaki-mounted Bolliger Team Switzerland and Yamaha-mounted Wójcik Racing Team, who stood out at the latter end of qualifying due to Christoffer Bergman’s2:09.528 lap. Team ERC-BMW Motorrad Endurance are in 9th place on the grid ahead of VRD Igol Pierret Expériences.

The first Superstock squad of the grid line-up are Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto, in 11th place, ahead of two other teams in the category, Wójcik Racing Team 2 and Moto Ain.

The FIA WTCR / OSCARO cars and riders will take over the Slovakia Ring circuit tomorrow. The FIM EWC will be back at 8am on Saturday for the warm-up, followed by the race start at 12 noon.

Over to the polesitters:

Broc Parkes: ‘I’m happy with our pole position and our performance today. It’s helped me regain confidence after my crash during the private tests on Tuesday.’

Marvin Fritz: ‘I’m satisfied with the work we put in today, which gave us a good feeling with the bike on a wet track.’

Niccolò Canepa: ‘We’ve proved we’re equally fast on a dry and wet track, so we’re all set for the race.’