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Moto2: Simoncelli consolidates Estoril pole

Marco Simoncelli took his first pole position of the year at Estoril, consolidating yesterday's provisional pole ahead of tomorrow's 250cc Portuguese Grand Prix

The Metis Gilera rider was fastest for most of the 45-minute session, with only rivals Alvaro Bautista (Mapfre Aspar) and Mattia Pasini (Polaris World) holding top spot briefly

In the end, Simoncelli set a time of 1:40.257, almost three tenths faster than Bautista in second and a further tenth ahead of Pasini - who had a crash at the beginning of the session - in third.

Mika Kallio qualified fourth, followed by Yuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Aoyama, and Alex Debon in seventh. The latter also crashed just after the riders were shown the chequered flag.

Thomas Luthi was eighth-quickest, Hector Barbera ninth, and Hector Faubel tenth.

Fabrizio Lai, who qualified 18th, also suffered a high-speed crash with four minutes of the session to go.

Pos  Rider             Bike     Time
 1.  Marco Simoncelli  Gilera   1:40.257
 2.  Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia  1:40.554 +  0.297
 3.  Mattia Pasini     Aprilia  1:40.653 +  0.396
 4.  Mika Kallio       KTM      1:40.772 +  0.515
 5.  Yuki Takahashi    Honda    1:41.063 +  0.806
 6.  Hiroshi Aoyama    KTM      1:41.228 +  0.971
 7.  Alex Debon        Aprilia  1:41.280 +  1.023
 8.  Thomas Luthi      Aprilia  1:41.356 +  1.099
 9.  Hector Barbera    Aprilia  1:41.370 +  1.113
10.  Hector Faubel     Aprilia  1:41.470 +  1.213
11.  Julian Simon      KTM      1:41.820 +  1.563
12.  Lukas Pesek       Aprilia  1:41.841 +  1.584
13.  Aleix Espargaro   Aprilia  1:42.080 +  1.823
14.  Alex Baldolini    Aprilia  1:42.179 +  1.922
15.  Manuel Poggiali   Gilera   1:42.265 +  2.008
16.  Karel Abraham     Aprilia  1:42.360 +  2.103
17.  R.Wilairot        Honda    1:42.472 +  2.215
18.  Fabrizio Lai      Gilera   1:42.574 +  2.317
19.  R.Locatelli       Gilera   1:42.813 +  2.556
20.  Federico Sandi    Aprilia  1:43.288 +  3.031
21.  Eugene Laverty    Aprilia  1:43.297 +  3.040
22.  Imre Toth         Aprilia  1:44.932 +  4.675
23.  D.T.Pradita       Yamaha   1:45.402 +  5.145
24.  Russell Gomez     Aprilia  1:46.051 +  5.794
25.  Chow Ho Wan       Aprilia  1:46.594 +  6.337
26.  Sergio Batista    Honda    1:57.196 + 16.939

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