Facundo Llambias left it late to take pole position in qualifying for the Campeonato de España de Superbikes on Saturday morning at the Circuito de Navarra. 

The Kawasaki rider's best time of 2m00.540s came on his final lap, toppling Yamaha rider Steven Odendaal, who took over top spot with five minutes remaining.

With the South African rider seemingly on course for pole, Llambias found a half second improvement on his final lap to take pole with a three tenth of a second margin. 

Odendaal had to settle for second place, ahead of Team Honda Laglisse's Eduardo Montero, who had led the times in the initial stages, with his teammate and championship leader Unai Orradre fourth.

Kawasaki's Roman Ramos was a tenth of a second further back in fifth, ahead of the similar machine of WorldSBK contender Tito Rabat in sixth.

Daniel Saez (Yamaha), Ville Valtonen, Ivo Lopes (BMW) and Borja Gomez (Honda) completed the top-10. 

The first ESBK race of the weekend is due to start at 16.30 local time. 

Campeonato de España de Superbikes, qualifying top-10 result:
1. Facundo Llambias, Kawasaki, 2m00.540s
2. Steven Odendaal, Yamaha, +0.324s
3. Eduardo Montero, Honda, +1.065s
4. Unai Orradre, Honda, +1.538s
5. Roman Ramos, Kawasaki, +1.686s
6. Tito Rabat, Kawasaki, +2.311s
7. Daniel Saez, Yamaha, +3.940s
8. Ville Valtonen, +4.209s
9. Ivo Lopes, BMW, +4.664s
10. Borja Gomez, Honda, +5.276s

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This weekend's event is about more than just the main ESBK class however, with a range of additional classes forming part of the programme. Indeed, around 130 different riders from as many as 29 countries are competing across the meeting.

Other classes in action this weekend include Supersport Next Generation, SS300, PreMoto3, Moto4, BeOn Junior Cup, Superstock 1000 and Superstock 600.

For more information, click here.