Moto2: Simoncelli snatches pole from Debon

The newly-crowned champion from Italy trailed the Lotus Aprilia Spaniard for most of the 45-minute session, but just as the time expired, Simoncelli set a lap of 1:35.408 to beat Debon by one tenth of a second.

Julian Simon qualified his Repsol KTM in third, ahead of the Red Bull KTM of Mika Kallio.

Kallio's teammate Hiroshi Aoyama will lead the second row of the grid, with Alvaro Bautista's Aspar Aprilia in sixth, Ratthapark Wilairot's Thai Honda in seventh, and Roberto Locatelli's Metis Gilera in eighth.

Aspar Aprilia's Hector Faubel will start the race from the ninth slot and JiR Honda's Yuki Takahashi from the tenth.

Toni Wirsing crashed his German Honda with five minutes of the session remaining, quickly followed two minutes later by Karel Abraham crashing his Cardion Aprilia.

Pos  Rider                  Bike     Time
 1.  Marco Simoncelli       Gilera   1:35.408
 2.  Alex Debon             Aprilia  1:35.418  + 0.010
 3.  Julian Simon           KTM      1:35.964  + 0.556
 4.  Mika Kallio            KTM      1:36.194  + 0.786
 5.  Hiroshi Aoyama         KTM      1:36.267  + 0.859
 6.  Alvaro Bautista        Aprilia  1:36.419  + 1.011
 7.  Ratthapark Wilairot    Honda    1:36.568  + 1.160
 8.  Roberto Locatelli      Gilera   1:36.573  + 1.165
 9.  Hector Faubel          Aprilia  1:36.635  + 1.227
10.  Yuki Takahashi         Honda    1:36.654  + 1.246
11.  Thomas Luthi           Aprilia  1:36.832  + 1.424
12.  Aleix Espargaró        Aprilia  1:36.841  + 1.433
13.  Lukas Pesek            Aprilia  1:36.892  + 1.484
14.  Mattia Pasini          Aprilia  1:37.047  + 1.639
15.  Fabrizio Lai           Gilera   1:37.400  + 1.992
16.  Alex Baldolini         Aprilia  1:37.455  + 2.047
17.  Simone Grotzki Giorgi  Gilera   1:37.803  + 2.395
18.  Imre Toth              Aprilia  1:38.245  + 2.837
19.  Federico Sandi         Aprilia  1:38.592  + 3.184
20.  Karel Abraham          Aprilia  1:38.641  + 3.233
21.  Manuel Hernandez       Aprilia  1:38.874  + 3.466
22.  Daniel Arcas           Aprilia  1:39.182  + 3.774
23.  Doni Tata Pradita      Yamaha   1:40.593  + 5.185
24.  Alen Gyorfi            Aprilia  1:41.075  + 5.667
25.  Toni Wirsing           Honda    1:41.974  + 6.566