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Brno Moto2: Pol Espargaro continues pole streak

Pol Espargaro captured his third consecutive Moto2 pole in a disrupted qualifying session at Brno

Oil on the circuit caused a spate of crashes and a lengthy red flag spell at the session's start, while spots of rain also led to much of the field retreating to their garages around the midway mark.

When the track did open it was Espargaro who immediately set the bar with a 2m01.989s.

That would ultimately prove enough to earn him pole position for the Czech Grand Prix, although the Pons Kalex rider made sure of his position by shaving a few hundredths off in the final minute.

Behind him Thomas Luthi (Paddock Suter), Scott Redding (Marc VDS Kalex) and championship leader Marc Marquez (Monlau Suter) staged a three-way fight for second.

It was Luthi who eventually claimed the middle of the front row, while Redding did enough to deny Marquez, who missed out on a top-three qualifying berth for only the second time this season.

Simone Corsi (Ioda FTR) finished half a second down on Marquez in fifth, while Andrea Iannone - one of the early crashers - recovered to seal sixth.

Elena Rossell and Gino Rea were also unseated in the early chaos. Alex de Angelis (Forward Suter) suffered a huge tank-slapper late on, which Redding did well to avoid, and then fell.

Pos  Rider                 Team/Bike              Time       Gap
 1.  Pol Espargaro         Pons Kalex             2m01.953s
 2.  Thomas Luthi          Paddock Suter          2m02.235s  + 0.282s
 3.  Scott Redding         Marc VDS Kalex         2m02.239s  + 0.286s
 4.  Marc Marquez          Monlau Suter           2m02.342s  + 0.389s
 5.  Simone Corsi          Ioda FTR               2m02.838s  + 0.885s
 6.  Andrea Iannone        Speed Master Speed Up  2m02.914s  + 0.961s
 7.  Takaaki Nakagami      Italtrans Kalex        2m02.981s  + 1.028s
 8.  Nicolas Terol         Aspar Suter            2m03.128s  + 1.175s
 9.  Dominique Aegerter    Technomag-CIP Suter    2m03.130s  + 1.177s
10.  Johann Zarco          JIR Motobi             2m03.142s  + 1.189s
11.  Axel Pons             Pons Kalex             2m03.159s  + 1.206s
12.  Mika Kallio           Marc VDS Kalex         2m03.206s  + 1.253s
13.  Jordi Torres          Aspar Suter            2m03.249s  + 1.296s
14.  Mike di Meglio        MZ                     2m03.279s  + 1.326s
15.  Bradley Smith         Tech 3                 2m03.303s  + 1.350s
16.  Esteve Rabat          Pons Kalex             2m03.307s  + 1.354s
17.  Julian Simon          Avintia Suter          2m03.360s  + 1.407s
18.  Alex de Angelis       Forward FTR            2m03.384s  + 1.431s
19.  Claudio Corti         Italtrans Kalex        2m03.470s  + 1.517s
20.  Ratthapark Wilairot   Gresini Suter          2m03.479s  + 1.526s
21.  Xavier Simeon         Tech 3                 2m03.594s  + 1.641s
22.  Yuki Takahashi        Forward FTR            2m03.636s  + 1.683s
23.  Randy Krummenacher    Switzerland Kalex      2m04.003s  + 2.050s
24.  Marcel Schrotter      SAG Bimota             2m04.077s  + 2.124s
25.  Anthony West          QMMF Speed Up          2m04.272s  + 2.319s
26.  Gino Rea              Gresini Suter          2m04.399s  + 2.446s
27.  Roberto Rolfo         Technomag-CIP Suter    2m04.630s  + 2.677s
28.  Alessandro Andreozzi  Speed Master Speed Up  2m05.233s  + 3.280s
29.  Marco Colandrea       SAG FTR                2m05.428s  + 3.475s
30.  Eric Granado          JIR Motobi             2m06.417s  + 4.464s
31.  Elena Rosell          QMMF Speed Up          2m07.425s  + 5.472s
32.  Max Neukirchner       Kiefer Kalex
33.  Ricard Cardus         Arguinano AJR

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