Moto2: Debon tops rain-hit session
Wild card rider Alex Debon took provisional pole for the Brno round of the 250cc series after rain hit the circuit a few minutes into the first qualifying session
Most of the riders managed two or three flying laps before the shower intervened, and it was Aprilia's Debon who emerged on top with a 2:03.718.
Andrea Dovizioso took second, with championship leader Jorge Lorenzo in third, but most of the field chose to sit out the majority of the session to wait for better conditions tomorrow.
Mika Kallio was fifth on the KTM, ahead of Hector Barbera and Alvaro Bautista.
Frontrunner Alex de Angelis fared worst of all in the conditions, failing to set a time in the dry and ending the session slowest.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Alex Debon Aprilia 2:03.718 2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2:03.819 + 0.101 3. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 2:04.272 + 0.554 4. Mika Kallio KTM 2:04.500 + 0.782 5. Hector Barbera Aprilia 2:04.722 + 1.004 6. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 2:04.890 + 1.172 7. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 2:05.086 + 1.368 8. Julian Simon Honda 2:05.300 + 1.582 9. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 2:05.411 + 1.693 10. Yuki Takahashi Honda 2:05.426 + 1.708 11. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2:05.488 + 1.770 12. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 2:05.875 + 2.157 13. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 2:06.179 + 2.461 14. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 2:06.182 + 2.464 15. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 2:06.272 + 2.554 16. R.Locatelli Gilera 2:06.572 + 2.854 17. Karel Abraham Aprilia 2:07.255 + 3.537 18. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:07.498 + 3.780 19. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 2:07.735 + 4.017 20. Imre Toth Aprilia 2:08.042 + 4.324 21. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2:08.807 + 5.089 22. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 2:08.841 + 5.123 23. R.Wilairot Honda 2:08.853 + 5.135 24. Eugene Laverty Honda 2:08.871 + 5.153 25. Dan Linfoot Aprilia 2:09.575 + 5.857 26. Zhu Wang Aprilia 2:14.915 + 11.197 27. Jiri Mayer Honda 2:15.142 + 11.424 28. Chow Ho Wan Aprilia 2:15.783 + 12.065 29. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2:33.006 + 29.288
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