Corser on Valencia Pole
The Aprilia rider's lap left him clear of second fastest Hitoyasu Izutsu on a Kawasaki with local hope Ruben Xaus on a Ducati third quickest and his Australian team-mate Troy Bayliss fourth.
Italian Giovanni Bussei moved to seventh place in the closing stages of the session while reigning British Superbike champion Neil Hodgson was eighth fastest at the windswept 2.95-mile circuit.
Defending world champion Colin Edwards took the ninth best time withCorser's team-mate Regis Laconi 10th. Edwards' new team-mate Tady Okada was 13th.
Edwards commented: "The settings we had from the test here just haven't worked so we've had to start again and we're about halfway to getting the machine right. We're not miles away from getting the machine right and I'm sure we'll improve the machine for morning - we'll have to, simple as that."
Friday's World Superbike qualifying times:1 Troy Corser, Australia (Aprilia) 1:35.5042 Hitoyasu Izutsu, Japan (Kawasaki) 1:36.0983 Ruben Xaus, Spain (Ducati) 1:36.2254 Troy Bayliss, Australia (Ducati) 1:36.2775 Gregorio Lavilla, Spain (Kawasaki) 1:36.6286 Ben Bostrom, USA (Ducati) 1:36.6467 Giovanni Bussei, Italy (Ducati) 1:36.7968 Neil Hodgson, GB (Ducati) 1:36.8929 Colin Edwards, USA (Castrol Honda) 1:36.92310 Regis Laconi, France (Aprilia) 1:36.936
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