Chaz Davies has obliterated the track record for World Superbike machines at Imola by storming to pole by half a second from team-mate Davide Giugliano.
"As a race bike it's asking me now to ride in the style of Tom; brake deeper, stop then fire it out. But I also have my style, which I'm trying to not lose" - Jonathan Rea
"Alex wants to win the first race. So does Sylvain. But from Yamaha's point of view and my point of view the target is to be able to be as competitive as we can at the start."
Mercedes' Pascal Wehrlein gets the better of BMW's Marco Wittmann to win the opening Moscow DTM race and retake the points lead ahead of Mattias Ekstrom.
Following his dramatic race two exclusion, Audi's Timo Scheider maintains he braked 'as normal' heading into turn three and questions whether Robert Wickens did the same.