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125cc: Smith snatches Donington pole

Briton Bradley Smith snatched pole position on his very last lap in 125cc qualifying in front of his home crowd at Donington Park

With time already expired in the 40-minute session held in sunny conditions, the Aspar Aprilia rider managed to stop the clock at 1m37.442s, 0.131 seconds quicker than KTM's Marc Marquez, who had held top spot until then.

Smith's team-mate Julian Simon, who dominated last week's German Grand Prix, had to settle for third best after crashing early in the session.

Sergio Gadea qualified fourth thanks to a good lap in the final minutes that promoted him from 12th, making it three Aspar Aprilia bikes on the front row.

Joan Olive (Derbi) will lead the second row, ahead of Nico Terol (Jack & Jones Aprilia), and the Derbis of Pol Espargaro and Sandro Cortese.

Pos  Rider             Bike     Time               Laps
 1.  Bradley Smith     Aprilia  1m37.442s           21
 2.  Marc Marquez      KTM      1m37.573s + 0.131s  21
 3.  Julian Simon      Aprilia  1m37.749s + 0.307s  14
 4.  Sergio Gadea      Aprilia  1m37.849s + 0.407s  17
 5.  Joan Olive        Derbi    1m37.874s + 0.432s  21
 6.  Nicolas Terol     Aprilia  1m37.989s + 0.547s  19
 7.  Pol Espargaro     Derbi    1m38.117s + 0.675s  20
 8.  Sandro Cortese    Derbi    1m38.367s + 0.925s  19
 9.  Esteve Rabat      Aprilia  1m38.471s + 1.029s  17
10.  Andrea Iannone    Aprilia  1m38.484s + 1.042s  15
11.  Scott Redding     Aprilia  1m38.501s + 1.059s  20
12.  Simone Corsi      Aprilia  1m38.501s + 1.059s  21
13.  Stefan Bradl      Aprilia  1m38.555s + 1.113s  21
14.  Daniel Webb       Aprilia  1m38.570s + 1.128s  19
15.  Jonas Folger      Aprilia  1m38.848s + 1.406s  20
16.  Efren Vazquez     Derbi    1m38.879s + 1.437s  20
17.  Michael Ranseder  Aprilia  1m39.081s + 1.639s  18
18.  D.Agerter         Derbi    1m39.189s + 1.747s  21
19.  Tomoyoshi Koyama  Loncin   1m39.366s + 1.924s  20
20.  Takaaki Nakagami  Aprilia  1m39.393s + 1.951s  17
21.  R.Krummenacher    Aprilia  1m39.401s + 1.959s  18
22.  Lorenzo Zanetti   Aprilia  1m39.407s + 1.965s  18
23.  Johann Zarco      Aprilia  1m39.533s + 2.091s  18
24.  Luis Salom        Aprilia  1m40.342s + 2.900s  20
25.  Jasper Iwema      Honda    1m40.382s + 2.940s  21
26.  Lorenzo Savadori  Aprilia  1m40.456s + 3.014s  20
27.  Cameron Beaubier  KTM      1m40.509s + 3.067s  17
28.  Alexis Masbou     Loncin   1m41.086s + 3.644s  15
29.  Karel Pesek       Derbi    1m41.129s + 3.687s  20
30.  James Lodge       Honda    1m41.571s + 4.129s  19
31.  Martin Glossop    Honda    1m41.778s + 4.336s  20
32.  Lukas Sembera     Aprilia  1m42.080s + 4.638s  19
33.  Luca Marconi      Aprilia  1m42.426s + 4.984s  10
34.  Tim Hastings      Honda    1m42.473s + 5.031s  19
35.  Paul Jordan       Honda    1m43.393s + 5.951s  16
36.  Luca Vitali       Aprilia  1m45.081s + 7.639s  4

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