125cc: Smith snatches pole from Simon
Bradley Smith snatched pole position from team-mate Julian Simon with a last-lap effort to lead an Aspar Aprilia 1-2 125cc grid at Misano
Simon took the lead after 15 minutes in 40-minute session and held on to it throughout the session with several improvements, until Briton Smith shot to the top of the timesheets when the time had already expired, with a 1m43.727s lap.
Spaniard Simon will thus start second, just 0.016s behind Smith, with Andrea Iannone (Ongetta) in third thanks to a late lap that put him ahead of Nicolas Terol (Jack & Jones), who rounds up an all-Aprilia front row.
Sergio Gadea put the third Aspar Aprilia at the head of the second row, followed by Indianapolis GP winner Pol Espargaro (Derbi), Marc Marquez (KTM), and Simone Corsi (Fontana Aprilia).
Kiefer Aprilia's Stefan Bradl and Ajo Derbi's Sandro Cortese complete the top ten.
Pos Rider Bike Time Gap 1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m43.727s 2. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m43.743s + 0.016s 3. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m43.890s + 0.163s 4. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m43.987s + 0.260s 5. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m44.062s + 0.335s 6. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m44.171s + 0.444s 7. Marc Marquez KTM 1m44.179s + 0.452s 8. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m44.349s + 0.622s 9. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m44.656s + 0.929s 10. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m44.929s + 1.202s 11. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m45.116s + 1.389s 12. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m45.157s + 1.430s 13. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m45.188s + 1.461s 14. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m45.213s + 1.486s 15. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m45.226s + 1.499s 16. Luigi Morciano Aprilia 1m45.316s + 1.589s 17. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1m45.450s + 1.723s 18. Joan Olive Derbi 1m45.544s + 1.817s 19. Lukas Sembera Aprilia 1m45.574s + 1.847s 20. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m45.619s + 1.892s 21. Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 1m45.687s + 1.960s 22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m45.776s + 2.049s 23. Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 1m45.791s + 2.064s 24. Dominique Aegerter Derbi 1m45.795s + 2.068s 25. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m45.868s + 2.141s 26. Riccardo Moretti Aprilia 1m45.932s + 2.205s 27. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m45.948s + 2.221s 28. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m45.971s + 2.244s 29. Gabriele Ferro Aprilia 1m45.976s + 2.249s 30. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1m46.330s + 2.603s 31. Luis Salom Aprilia 1m46.352s + 2.625s 32. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m46.536s + 2.809s 33. Jasper Iwema Honda 1m46.664s + 2.937s 34. Jakub Jantulik Aprilia 1m47.283s + 3.556s 35. Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 1m47.699s + 3.972s 36. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m48.014s + 4.287s
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