Superbike Race in Suzuka
ST600 A Group Official Qualifying 1st Session Results
DATE:2008-09-06 WEATHER : Cloudy COURSE : Wet International Racing Course
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Type | Team | Time | Delay | Gap | Lap |
| 1 | 73 | Ryuta Kobayashi | Honda CBR600RR | Urgent recruitment. com HARC-PRO. | 2'16.883 | 153.09km/h | 4/9 | |
| 2 | 1 | Yoshiteru Konishi | Honda CBR600RR | Urgent recruitment. com HARC-PRO. | 2'17.589 | 0.706 | 0.706 | 5/8 |
| 3 | 23 | Takuya Tsuda | Honda CBR600RR | Team OSG & Motorsports | 2'17.753 | 0.870 | 0.164 | 6/7 |
| 4 | 7 | Satoru Iwata | Honda CBR600RR | F.C.C. TSR | 2'17.819 | 0.936 | 0.066 | 5/7 |
| 5 | 77 | Exit Shu | Honda CBR600RR | DyDo MiU Racing | 2'18.244 | 1.361 | 0.425 | 3/6 |
| 6 | 10 | Makoto Inagaki | Honda CBR600RR | Burning Blood RT | 2'18.289 | 1.406 | 0.045 | 3/8 |
| 7 | 33 | Shohei Karita | Kawasaki ZX-6R | RS−ITOH & KAZE | 2'18.380 | 1.497 | 0.091 | 5/7 |
| 8 | 8 | Koji Teramoto | Suzuki GSX-R600 | PLOT FARO Pantera | 2'18.542 | 1.659 | 0.162 | 4/8 |
| 9 | 55 | Hiro Michi Kunigawa | Honda CBR600RR | DyDo MiU Racing | 2'18.795 | 1.912 | 0.253 | 8/9 |
| 10 | 70 | Takahiro Satake | Honda CBR600RR | Team OSG & Motorsports | 2'19.243 | 2.360 | 0.448 | 4/9 |
| 11 | 13 | Maki Izumimoto | Yamaha YZF-R6 | RT Forest Bear Sato School | 2'19.306 | 2.423 | 0.063 | 5/8 |
| 12 | 14 | Shin Mori | Honda CBR600RR | CLUB HARC-PRO. | 2'19.760 | 2.877 | 0.454 | 3/7 |
| 13 | 64 | Kenshiro Wada | Suzuki GSX-R600 | VEGA & Z-TECH ★ KMII | 2'20.145 | 3.262 | 0.385 | 4/9 |
| 14 | 39 | Masahiro Shinjo | Suzuki GSX-R600 | MotoMap SUPPLY | 2'20.229 | 3.346 | 0.084 | 5/9 |
| 15 | 91 | Silver Daniel | Honda CBR600RR | DanielRacing | 2'20.745 | 3.862 | 0.516 | 8/8 |
| 16 | 37 | Masayuki Matsumoto | Kawasaki ZX-6R | Team GTMM Mercury | 2'21.587 | 4.704 | 0.842 | 5/8 |
| 17 | 29 | Tomoki Yukue | Suzuki GSX-R600 | MotoMap SUPPLY | 2'21.840 | 4.957 | 0.253 | 4/8 |
| 18 | 41 | Masahiko Murakami | Honda CBR600RR | Nankai Parts Hiroshima Store | 2'22.396 | 5.513 | 0.556 | 9/10 |
| 19 | 48 | Yoshihiro Toda | Suzuki GSX-R600 | Wins Route Cargo Osaka SAM | 2'22.600 | 5.717 | 0.204 | 5/7 |
| 20 | 57 | Koji Yokoyama | Honda CBR600RR | CLUB HARC-PRO. | 2'22.640 | 5.757 | 0.040 | 8/8 |
| 21 | 44 | Kazuki Saito | Honda CBR600RR | Wing Yoshii RC | 2'22.886 | 6.003 | 0.246 | 5/10 |
| 22 | 810 | Junji Tanaka | Kawasaki ZX-6R | B-SQUARE & Osaka SAM | 2'22.888 | 6.005 | 0.002 | 8/9 |
| 23 | 52 | Yusuke Masuda | Honda CBR600RR | Honda Suzuka Racing Team | 2'23.070 | 6.187 | 0.182 | 6/8 |
| 24 | 66 | Yasutaka Kimoto | Honda CBR600RR | Kihara Electric with RSC | 2'23.125 | 6.242 | 0.055 | 6/9 |
| 25 | 35 | Masaki Tani | Suzuki GSX-R600 | WEST POWER & AW Taniya | 2'23.868 | 6.985 | 0.743 | 5/8 |
Qualifying Pass Time (110%) 2'30.571
*The above results do not count the laps during which the car entered the pit.
