Luke Stapleford will lead the grid into the opening Quattro Group British Supersport race of the year after beating reigning champ Ben Currie to the top spot.

Aboard the Macadam Triumph Racing, Stapleford took early charge in the session to hit the top of the timings and made it stick with his best lap of 1min 39.237s.

Oxford Products Ducati Racing’s Currie had looked to be struggling a little as he tried to find a good time but he picked up the pace on his final lap to jump up to second, relegating Gearlink Kawasaki’s Brad Perie to third.

Behind Perie, returning multiple champ Jack Kennedy managed to secure fourth with his best time on his penultimate lap, as Eugene McManus rounded out the top five aboard the ROKiT Haslam Racing Ducati – just ahead of his team-mate and brother James.

In GP2, Jack Nixon kept control of proceedings, clocking the 17th best lap overall to lead the class, as his Kramer Racing team-mate Owen Jenner was second ahead of Owen Mellor.

Quattro Group British Supersport & GP2 Championships, Qualifying:

1.    Luke Stapleford (Macadam Triumph Racing) 1min 29.237s
2.    Ben Currie (Oxford Products Racing Ducati) +0.121s
3.    Brad Perie (Gearlink Kawasaki) +0.158s
4.    Jack Kenney (Honda Racing UK) +0.203s
5.    Eugene McManus (ROKiT Haslam Racing) +0.266