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Moto2: Iannone grabs pole by big margin

Andrea Iannone took his third Moto2 pole position of the year after the Italian set a scintillating pace in qualifying for the Catalan Grand Prix

The Italian had run in and around the top five for two thirds of the session, but then found a sudden burst of speed on his Fimmco-run Speed Up to grab pole from Thomas Luthi by half a second in a time of 1m47.493s.

Luthi, who led the timesheets for most of the session, thought he at least had second spot secured on his Interwetten Moriwaki. However, he had not bargained on a late charge from Yuki Takahashi.

The Tech-3 rider looked on course to challenge Iannone on what was an outstanding lap in the final minute, but he lost crucial tenths in the final sector while bottled up behind newcomer Carmelo Morales, and had to be content with second.

Behind Luthi, world championship leader Toni Elias secured the final spot on the front row on his Gresini Moriwaki.

Silverstone winner Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing Suter) and Morales, who is substituting at the Pons Kalex team for the injured Stefan Bradl, were next up while Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag Suter) ended up sixth after crashing at Turn Five with a few minutes remaining.

The top 10 was completed by Kenny Noyes (Jack & Jones Promo Harris), Roberto Rolfo (STR Suter) and reigning 125cc World Champion Julian Simon (Aspar Suter).

Pos  Driver                    Bike         Time       Gap
 1.  Andrea Iannone            Speed Up     1m47.493s
 2.  Yuki Takahashi            Tech 3       1m47.760s  + 0.267s
 3.  Thomas Luthi              Moriwaki     1m47.973s  + 0.480s
 4.  Toni Elias                Moriwaki     1m48.089s  + 0.596s
 5.  Jules Cluzel              Suter        1m48.133s  + 0.640s
 6.  Carmelo Morales           Pons Kalex   1m48.164s  + 0.671s
 7.  Shoya Tomizawa            Suter        1m48.192s  + 0.699s
 8.  Ratthapark Wilairot       Bimota       1m48.224s  + 0.731s
 9.  Kenny Noyes               Promoharris  1m48.291s  + 0.798s
10.  Roberto Rolfo             Suter        1m48.366s  + 0.873s
11.  Julian Simon              Suter        1m48.373s  + 0.880s
12.  Karel Abraham             FTR          1m48.438s  + 0.945s
13.  Simone Corsi              Motobi       1m48.447s  + 0.954s
14.  Scott Redding             Suter        1m48.480s  + 0.987s
15.  Hector Faubel             Suter        1m48.491s  + 0.998s
16.  Dominique Aegerter        Suter        1m48.495s  + 1.002s
17.  Fonsi Nieto               Moriwaki     1m48.563s  + 1.070s
18.  Sergio Gadea              Pons Kalex   1m48.571s  + 1.078s
19.  Arne Tode                 Suter        1m48.587s  + 1.094s
20.  Alex Debon                FTR          1m48.613s  + 1.120s
21.  Mike di Meglio            Suter        1m48.620s  + 1.127s
22.  Raffaele de Rosa          Tech 3       1m48.621s  + 1.128s
23.  Yonny Hernandez           BQR          1m48.640s  + 1.147s
24.  Lukas Pesek               Moriwaki     1m48.677s  + 1.184s
25.  Jordi Torres              Promoharris  1m48.745s  + 1.252s
26.  Alex Baldolini            ICP          1m48.803s  + 1.310s
27.  Ricard Cardus             Suter        1m48.807s  + 1.314s
28.  Dani Rivas                Promoharris  1m48.888s  + 1.395s
29.  Anthony West              MZ           1m48.928s  + 1.435s
30.  Alex de Angelis           Force        1m48.942s  + 1.449s
31.  Vladimir Ivanov           Moriwaki     1m49.036s  + 1.543s
32.  Gabor Talmacsi            Speed Up     1m49.047s  + 1.554s
33.  Niccolo Canepa            Force        1m49.131s  + 1.638s
34.  Xavier Simeon             Moriwaki     1m49.169s  + 1.676s
35.  Bernat Martinez           Bimota       1m49.188s  + 1.695s
36.  Yusuke Teshima            Motobi       1m49.209s  + 1.716s
37.  Claudio Corti             Suter        1m49.272s  + 1.779s
38.  Joan Olive                Promoharris  1m49.314s  + 1.821s
39.  Valentin Debise           ADV          1m49.439s  + 1.946s
40.  Mashel Al Naimi           BQR          1m49.723s  + 2.230s
41.  Vladimir Leonov           Suter        1m50.150s  + 2.657s
42.  Robertino Pietri          Suter        1m50.183s  + 2.690s

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