125cc: Cortese denies Terol 125cc pole
Sandro Cortese beat Nico Terol to pole position for the 125cc race at Jerez
The German managed to outshine Terol - who had been utterly dominant in Qatar a fortnight ago - in two of the three practice sessions, and then grabbed pole at the end of qualifying.
Cortese lapped in 1m47.399s on his Team Germany Aprilia, beating Aspar rider Terol by 0.209 seconds.
Terol's team-mate Hector Faubel will join them on the front row, followed by the Ajo Derbis of Efren Vazquez and early polesitter Johann Zarco, and RW Aprilia's Luis Salom.
Louis Rossi looked set for a breakthrough performance as he sat in the top four at first but had two minor incidents during the session, which left his Matteoni Aprilia back in 13th.
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap
1. Sandro Cortese Germany Aprilia 1m47.399s
2. Nicolas Terol Aspar Aprilia 1m47.608s + 0.209s
3. Hector Faubel Aspar Aprilia 1m47.969s + 0.570s
4. Efren Vazquez Ajo Derbi 1m48.413s + 1.014s
5. Johann Zarco Ajo Derbi 1m48.601s + 1.202s
6. Luis Salom RW Aprilia 1m48.791s + 1.392s
7. Jonas Folger Ajo Aprilia 1m48.799s + 1.400s
8. Miguel Oliveira Andalucia Aprilia 1m48.825s + 1.426s
9. Danny Kent Ajo Aprilia 1m49.181s + 1.782s
10. Alberto Moncayo Andalucia Aprilia 1m49.247s + 1.848s
11. Sergio Gadea Blusens Aprilia 1m49.416s + 2.017s
12. Maverick Vinales Blusens Aprilia 1m49.463s + 2.064s
13. Louis Rossi Matteoni Aprilia 1m49.682s + 2.283s
14. Adrian Martin Aspar Aprilia 1m49.785s + 2.386s
15. Jasper Iwema Ongetta Aprilia 1m49.975s + 2.576s
16. Taylor Mackenzie Phonica Aprilia 1m49.977s + 2.578s
17. Jakub Kornfeil Ongetta Aprilia 1m50.025s + 2.626s
18. Zulfahmi Khairuddin Ajo Derbi 1m50.082s + 2.683s
19. Danny Webb Mahindra 1m50.169s + 2.770s
20. Josep Rodriguez Wild Wolf Aprilia 1m50.258s + 2.859s
21. Hiroki Ono Forward KTM 1m50.276s + 2.877s
22. Simone Grotzkyj Phonica Aprilia 1m50.367s + 2.968s
23. Marcel Schrotter Mahindra 1m50.465s + 3.066s
24. Niklas Ajo TT Motion Aprilia 1m50.492s + 3.093s
25. Luigi Morciano Italia Aprilia 1m50.611s + 3.212s
26. Alessandro Tonucci Italia Aprilia 1m50.971s + 3.572s
27. Harry Stafford Ongetta Aprilia 1m51.192s + 3.793s
28. Giulian Pedone Phonica Aprilia 1m51.687s + 4.288s
29. Daniel Kartheininger Forward KTM 1m51.714s + 4.315s
30. Joan Perello Matteoni Aprilia 1m52.262s + 4.863s
31. Daniel Ruiz Larresport Honda 1m52.417s + 5.018s
32. Kevin Hanus Hanusch Honda 1m53.236s + 5.837s
33. Francesco Mauriello WTR-Ten10 Aprilia 1m54.097s + 6.698s
Did not qualify:
Sarath Kumar WTR-Ten10 Aprilia 1m55.366s + 7.967s
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