Moto2: Aoyama leads KTM 1-2 in qualifying
Red Bull KTM's Hiroshi Aoyama stole pole position from his teammate Mika Kallio at the end of today's qualifying session for tomorrow's Malaysian 250cc race at Sepang to secure a Red Bull KTM 1-2 on the grid
Kallio looked to have fought off all challengers with a succession of fast laps near the end of the session. But a final effort by his teammate Aoyama bumped him from pole by 32 thousandths of a second after the chequered flag had been waved.
Jorge Lorenzo was unable to find enough speed to take his usual pole position, third on the grid but less than two tenths slower than Kallio. Alongside him on the front row is championship 'rival' Andrea Dovizioso, less than a quarter of a second slower than Aoyama.
Alvaro Bautista completes the top five, one of the five riders who could've taken pole position. Behind him there was a small gap to Thomas Luthi and Hector Barbera, before another gap to Julian Simon, Alex de Angelis and Roberto Locatelli to complete the top ten.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 2:07.429 2. Mika Kallio KTM 2:07.461 + 0.032 3. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 2:07.621 + 0.192 4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2:07.675 + 0.246 5. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 2:07.785 + 0.356 6. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 2:07.939 + 0.510 7. Hector Barbera Aprilia 2:08.148 + 0.719 8. Julian Simon Honda 2:08.496 + 1.067 9. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2:08.745 + 1.316 10. Roberto Locatelli Gilera 2:08.953 + 1.524 11. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 2:09.557 + 2.128 12. Yuki Takahashi Honda 2:09.570 + 2.141 13. Karel Abraham Aprilia 2:10.501 + 3.072 14. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2:10.549 + 3.120 15. R. Wilairot Honda 2:10.587 + 3.158 16. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 2:10.664 + 3.235 17. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 2:10.685 + 3.256 18. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2:10.698 + 3.269 19. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 2:10.854 + 3.425 20. Eugene Laverty Honda 2:10.926 + 3.497 21. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 2:11.110 + 3.681 22. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:11.176 + 3.747 23. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:11.333 + 3.904 24. Imre Toth Aprilia 2:11.596 + 4.167 25. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 2:12.051 + 4.622 26. D.T. Pradita Yamaha 2:14.439 + 7.010
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