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Moto2: Bautista secures provisional pole

Alvaro Bautista took provisional pole for the 250cc race at Assen on Thursday after coming on top of a three-way battle with Hector Barbera and Marco Simoncelli

In the end, the Aspar Aprilia rider's 1:39.510 lap was too good for Barbera, on the Toth Aprilia, and the Spaniard was left punching his thigh in frustration as he rolled back to the pits.

Simoncelli had spent most of the 45-minute session trading places with Bautista, but eliminated himself from the scrap with a fall that rendered his Gilera unusable. The two-time winner was thus forced to settle for third.

Aleix Espargaro was fourth fastest ahead of Thomas Luthi and Julian Simon.

Lucas Pesek managed a last-gasp flier to go seventh on the Auto Kelly Aprilia, and by dint of this, championship leader Mika Kallio was bumped down to tenth on the KTM.

Kallio's teammate Hiroshi Aoyama was the only other significant faller in the session, though the Japanese rider was uninjured.

Pos  Rider                Team                        Time            Laps
 1.  Alvaro Bautista      Mapfre Aspar Team           1:39.510          22
 2.  Hector Barbera       Team Toth Aprilia           1:39.741 + 0.231  21
 3.  Marco Simoncelli     Metis Gilera                1:39.978 + 0.468  18
 4.  Aleix Espargaro      Lotus Aprilia               1:40.210 + 0.700  22
 5.  Thomas Luthi         Emmi - Caffe Latte          1:40.455 + 0.945  22
 6.  Julian Simon         Repsol KTM 250cc            1:40.686 + 1.176  20
 7.  Lukas Pesek          Auto Kelly - CP             1:40.742 + 1.232  21
 8.  Alex Debon           Lotus Aprilia               1:40.744 + 1.234  20
 9.  Yuki Takahashi       JiR Team Scot 250           1:40.796 + 1.286  21
10.  Mika Kallio          Red Bull KTM 250            1:40.849 + 1.339  19
11.  Fabrizio Lai         Campetella Racing           1:40.862 + 1.352  19
12.  Hector Faubel        Mapfre Aspar Team           1:41.178 + 1.668  20
13.  Manuel Poggiali      Campetella Racing           1:41.180 + 1.670  22
14.  Roberto Locatelli    Metis Gilera                1:41.285 + 1.775  20
15.  Hiroshi Aoyama       Red Bull KTM 250            1:41.406 + 1.896  18
16.  Ratthapark Wilairot  Thai Honda PTT SAG          1:41.543 + 2.033  20
17.  Mattia Pasini        Polaris World               1:41.633 + 2.123  21
18.  Karel Abraham        Cardion AB Motoracing       1:41.680 + 2.170  21
19.  Imre Toth            Team Toth Aprilia           1:43.108 + 3.598  21
20.  Eugene Laverty       Blusens Aprilia             1:43.245 + 3.735  17
21.  Alex Baldolini       Matteoni Racing             1:43.264 + 3.754  18
22.  Doni Tata Pradita    Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia  1:45.467 + 5.957  22
23.  Frederik Watz        Jaap Kingma Racing          1:45.836 + 6.326  6
24.  Russel Gomez         Blusens Aprilia             1:45.974 + 6.464  8

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