Moto2: Dovizioso takes Estoril pole
Andrea Dovizioso has taken his second pole position of the season at Estoril, ahead of tomorrow's 250cc Portuguese Grand Prix
Thanks to a lap time of 1:40.355, the Honda rider improved by almost half a second over the time he set yesterday, enabling him to move up from the second spot he held in first qualifying.
Points leader Jorge Lorenzo had a difficult session and could only set the sixth best time, but thanks to the time he set in the provisional pole he held yesterday, the Aprilia rider will be able to start the race from second.
The third spot on the grid will be filled by Aprilia's Hector Barbera, second fastest today, ahead of the KTMs of Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama.
Aprilia's Alvaro Bautista was sixth fastest, with Julian Simon's Honda seventh, Alex de Angelis's Aprilia eighth, Yuki Takahashi's Honda ninth, and Thomas Luthi's Aprilia tenth.
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1:40.355
2. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1:40.480 + 0.125
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:40.699 + 0.344
4. Mika Kallio KTM 1:40.851 + 0.496
5. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:40.856 + 0.501
6. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:40.884 + 0.529
7. Julian Simon Honda 1:41.093 + 0.738
8. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 1:41.100 + 0.745
9. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:41.157 + 0.802
10. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:41.176 + 0.821
11. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:41.370 + 1.015
12. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 1:41.531 + 1.176
13. R.Locatelli Gilera 1:41.552 + 1.197
14. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:42.200 + 1.845
15. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 1:42.334 + 1.979
16. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 1:43.074 + 2.719
17. Eugene Laverty Honda 1:43.132 + 2.777
18. R.Wilairot Honda 1:43.150 + 2.795
19. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:43.336 + 2.981
20. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:43.664 + 3.309
21. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:43.703 + 3.348
22. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 1:43.981 + 3.626
23. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:44.069 + 3.714
24. Dan Linfoot Aprilia 1:44.539 + 4.184
25. Alvaro Molina Aprilia 1:44.570 + 4.215
26. Chow Ho Wan Aprilia 1:47.044 + 6.689
Not qualified:
Rider Make Time
Luke Lawrence Aprilia 1:48.335 + 7.980
S.Barragan Honda 1:49.307 + 8.952
Zhu Wang Aprilia 1:49.413 + 9.058
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