Moto2: Lorenzo retains Jerez pole
Jorge Lorenzo retained his pole position for his home race at tomorrow's 250cc Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, after having also finished at the top in yesterday's first qualifying session
The Spaniard beat arch-rival Hector Barbera, also on Aprilia, by nearly three tenths of a second. The two had a little skirmish with hand gestures towards the end of the session.
Julian Simon was the top Honda rider in third, beating the Humangest Racing Honda of Andrea Dovizioso in fourth. Both riders were over 0.6 seconds behind Lorenzo.
Alvaro Bautista took fifth, while Marco Simoncelli, who couldn't improve on yesterday's time, had to settle for sixth almost one second away from the top.
Simoncelli's Gilera, however, will be the only one taking the start tomorrow, after teammate Roberto Locatelli suffered injuries including a broken ankle in this morning's practice session. The time Locatelli set yesterday was enough to keep the Italian in seventh spot.
Shuhei Aoyama qualified in eight spot, followed by Alex Debon and Thomas Luthi rounding up the top ten. The top KTM rider was Mika Kallio in 11th.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1:43.099 2. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:43.383 + 0.284 3. Julian Simon Honda 1:43.707 + 0.608 4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1:43.764 + 0.665 5. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:43.955 + 0.856 6. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:44.096 + 0.997 7. R.Locatelli Gilera 1:44.116 + 1.017 8. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 1:44.174 + 1.075 9. Alex Debon Aprilia 1:44.185 + 1.086 10. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:44.200 + 1.101 11. Mika Kallio KTM 1:44.221 + 1.122 12. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 1:44.329 + 1.230 13. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 1:44.358 + 1.259 14. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:44.469 + 1.370 15. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:44.994 + 1.895 16. Anthony West Aprilia 1:45.307 + 2.208 17. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:45.589 + 2.490 18. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 1:45.621 + 2.522 19. R.Wilairot Honda 1:45.876 + 2.777 20. Alvaro Molina Aprilia 1:45.934 + 2.835 21. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:46.268 + 3.169 22. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:46.542 + 3.443 23. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:47.030 + 3.931 24. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 1:47.239 + 4.140 25. Eugene Laverty Honda 1:47.280 + 4.181 26. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 1:47.362 + 4.263 27. Arturo Tizon Aprilia 1:47.545 + 4.446 28. S.Barragan Honda 1:48.683 + 5.584
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