Moto2: Bautista retains pole at wet Donington
Aprilia's Alvaro Bautista retained the pole position he set yesterday after today's wet conditions in second qualifying for the 250cc British Grand Prix meant no one was able to improve
Gilera's championship contender Marco Simoncelli, who was fastest for most of today's 45-minute session at Donington Park, will therefore keep his second spot ahead of the Aprilias of Hector Barbera and Thomas Luthi.
The fastest man today was KTM's Mika Kallio, whose lap of 1:45.482 was over 13 seconds slower than yesterday's pole time, with teammate Hiroshi Aoyama best of the rest a quarter of a second behind the Finn.
Aprilia's Alex Baldolini was third-fastest, ahead of Honda's Yuki Takahashi, Simoncelli, Honda's Imre Toth, and Aprilia's Julian Simon.
Eighth-fastest Alex Debon had a high-side and crashed back-first, while his Aprilia went on unfazed, cut through the grass, and almost crashed into Fabrizio Lai's Gilera while crossing the track before falling on its side and coming to rest in the gravel trap.
Aoyama also had a high-speed off-track excursion but managed not to fall off and rejoin, while the same could not be said of Lukas Pesek and Karel Abraham, whose Aprilias crashed almost simultaneously towards the end of the session.
Pos Rider Bike Time Gap 1. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:31.834 2. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:32.004 +0.170 3. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:32.353 +0.519 4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:32.835 +1.001 5. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:32.853 +1.019 6. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:32.983 +1.149 7. Julian Simon KTM 1:33.063 +1.229 8. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:33.116 +1.282 9. Lukas Pesek Aprilia 1:33.276 +1.442 10. Fabrizio Lai Gilera 1:33.281 +1.447 11. Alex Debon Aprilia 1:33.297 +1.463 12. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:33.302 +1.468 13. Roberto Locatelli Gilera 1:33.379 +1.545 14. Mika Kallio KTM 1:33.595 +1.761 15. Manuel Poggiali Gilera 1:33.660 +1.826 16. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:33.859 +2.025 17. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:33.954 +2.120 18. Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 1:34.039 +2.205 19. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:34.074 +2.240 20. Eugene Laverty Aprilia 1:34.285 +2.451 21. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:35.571 +3.737 22. Russell Gomez Aprilia 1:37.081 +5.247 23. Toby Markham Yamaha 1:37.675 +5.841 24. Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 1:38.170 +6.336
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