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125cc: Marquez takes another 125cc pole

Marc Marquez continued his dominant 125cc form at Aragon by cruising to pole position in this afternoon's qualifying session

In a classic example of tactical team riding, the Spaniard led an Ajo Derbi one-two, over half a second clear of team-mate Sandro Cortese, whom he towed to second place with a great run in the final five minutes of the session.

Championship leader Nico Terol (Aspar Aprilia) was the only other rider to lap below two minutes. His last-gasp effort lifted him onto the front row at the expense of Tuenti Derbi rider Efren Vazquez.

The Spaniard's Tuenti team-mate Pol Espargaro, who crashed in this morning's practice session, missed out on a front row start for only the second time this season and wound up fifth.

Britain's Bradley Smith (Aspar Aprilia) took a subdued sixth, while Swiss rider Randy Krummenacher (Stipa-Molenaar Aprilia), Frenchman Johann Zarco (WTR San Marino Aprilia), German Jonas Folger (Ongetta Aprilia) and Japanese rider Tamoyoshi Koyama (Racing Team Germany) rounded out an eclectic top 10, covered by just over two seconds.

Pos  Rider                Bike       Time       Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez         Derbi      1m59.335s
 2.  Sandro Cortese       Derbi      1m59.898s  + 0.563s
 3.  Nicolas Terol        Aprilia    1m59.970s  + 0.635s
 4.  Efren Vazquez        Derbi      2m00.265s  + 0.930s
 5.  Pol Espargaro        Derbi      2m00.294s  + 0.959s
 6.  Bradley Smith        Aprilia    2m00.417s  + 1.082s
 7.  Randy Krummenacher   Aprilia    2m00.842s  + 1.507s
 8.  Johann Zarco         Aprilia    2m01.281s  + 1.946s
 9.  Jonas Folger         Aprilia    2m01.332s  + 1.997s
10.  Tomoyoshi Koyama     Aprilia    2m01.339s  + 2.004s
11.  Esteve Rabat         Aprilia    2m01.688s  + 2.353s
12.  Danny Webb           Aprilia    2m01.814s  + 2.479s
13.  Luis Salom           Aprilia    2m02.026s  + 2.691s
14.  Adrian Martin        Aprilia    2m02.568s  + 3.233s
15.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin  Aprilia    2m02.594s  + 3.259s
16.  Alberto Moncayo      Aprilia    2m02.612s  + 3.277s
17.  Jasper Iwema         Aprilia    2m03.028s  + 3.693s
18.  Jakub Kornfeil       Aprilia    2m03.052s  + 3.717s
19.  Marcel Schrotter     Honda      2m03.385s  + 4.050s
20.  Josep Rodriguez      Aprilia    2m03.408s  + 4.073s
21.  Simone Grotzkyj      Aprilia    2m03.420s  + 4.085s
22.  Louis Rossi          Aprilia    2m03.822s  + 4.487s
23.  Pedro Rodriguez      Aprilia    2m04.480s  + 5.145s
24.  Sturla Fagerhaug     Aprilia    2m04.607s  + 5.272s
25.  Joan Perello         Honda      2m04.904s  + 5.569s
26.  Isaac Vinales        Lambretta  2m05.206s  + 5.871s
27.  Robin Barbosa        Aprilia    2m05.302s  + 5.967s
28.  Peter Sebestyen      Aprilia    2m05.710s  + 6.375s
29.  Marco Ravaioli       Lambretta  2m05.820s  + 6.485s
30.  Alejandro Pardo      Aprilia    2m06.193s  + 6.858s
31.  Kevin Hanus          Honda      2m07.150s  + 7.815s

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