Moto2: Lorenzo fastest in first qualifying
Jorge Lorenzo continued his domination of the 250cc championship by taking provisional pole at Estoril
The Fortuna Aprilia rider, who has already taken eight poles this season, overcame a brief challenge from Kopron Scot Honda's Andrea Dovizioso to end the session fastest by 0.156 seconds.
KTM duo Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama took third behind Dovizioso, with Aoyama's late lap edging Alvaro Bautista down to fifth position.
Alex de Angelis, who currently holds second in the standings, just one point ahead of Dovizioso, could only manage sixth on the provisional grid - moving up from eighth with his last run.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1:40.480 2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1:40.824 + 0.344 3. Mika Kallio KTM 1:40.893 + 0.413 4. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:41.063 + 0.583 5. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:41.338 + 0.858 6. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 1:41.423 + 0.943 7. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:41.455 + 0.975 8. Julian Simon Honda 1:41.505 + 1.025 9. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:41.652 + 1.172 10. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:41.671 + 1.191 11. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:41.709 + 1.229 12. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 1:42.139 + 1.659 13. R.Locatelli Gilera 1:42.365 + 1.885 14. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:42.454 + 1.974 15. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 1:43.030 + 2.550 16. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 1:43.100 + 2.620 17. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:43.336 + 2.856 18. R.Wilairot Honda 1:43.341 + 2.861 19. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:43.664 + 3.184 20. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 1:43.981 + 3.501 21. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:44.005 + 3.525 22. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:44.069 + 3.589 23. Eugene Laverty Honda 1:44.607 + 4.127 24. Dan Linfoot Aprilia 1:44.885 + 4.405 25. Alvaro Molina Aprilia 1:45.059 + 4.579 26. Luke Lawrence Aprilia 1:49.465 + 8.985 27. S.Barragan Honda 1:50.911 + 10.431 28. Zhu Wang Aprilia 1:50.971 + 10.491 29. Chow Ho Wan Aprilia 2:42.882 + 1:02.402
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