QUALIFYING Montella didn’ t get off to the best start with technical issues limiting him to just one fast lap in qualifying. That lap still landed him a place on the second row of the grid but he might have expected a first row start had he been able to get out in time to make a second qualifying run, but he missed the chance,( thanks to an extended stop in the pits) by the slimmest of margins, the session ending moments before he could start a flying lap. Montella was joined on the second row by Motocorsa Ducati’ s impressive rookie Alberto Surra and BMW’ s Miguel Oliveira, finding pace at his home track that has been absent for most of the season. Alex Lowes broke the Ducati domination by putting the # 22 Bimota on the first row of the grid next to Bulega and Lecuona. Sam Lowes, usually quick in qualifying was only able to put himself on the fourth row and, given he’ d not been able to make significant progress when finding himself in traffic at previous rounds, this was not a positive outcome. Also notable in qualifying was Jake Dixon on the factory Honda who missed out on
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