125cc: De Rosa takes maiden pole at Mugello
Raffaele de Rosa took his maiden pole position in front of his home crowd at Mugello, ahead of tomorrow's 125cc Italian Grand Prix
Today's 30-minute session was run in dry conditions, meaning that yesterday's times, achived in the wet, were rendered effectively meaningless.
After the time had already expired, the KTM rider set his best lap of 1:58.302 immediately after Aprilia's Gabor Talmacsi took top spot from Derbi's Mike di Meglio, who had held provisional pole for the final four minutes of the session.
Talmacsi and di Meglio, both within two tenths of de Rosa's time, will start from the front row, along with Derbi's Pol Espargaro, whose time was good enough for fourth.
The following five grid positions will be held by Aprilia riders, headed by Sergio Gadea in fifth, Simone Cortese in sixth, Bradley Smith in seventh, Simone Corsi in eighth, and Nicolas Terol in ninth.
Smith was setting the fastest sector times in the final seconds of the session when he lost the rear, high-sided over his bike, and landed on his back, before sliding in the gravel.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:58.302 2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:58.467 + 0.165 3. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:58.490 + 0.188 4. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:58.572 + 0.270 5. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:58.631 + 0.329 6. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:58.658 + 0.356 7. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:58.816 + 0.514 8. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:58.895 + 0.593 9. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:59.065 + 0.763 10. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:59.328 + 1.026 11. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:59.351 + 1.049 12. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:59.382 + 1.080 13. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:59.395 + 1.093 14. Joan Olive Derbi 1:59.485 + 1.183 15. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:59.580 + 1.278 16. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:59.700 + 1.398 17. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:59.880 + 1.578 18. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:59.938 + 1.636 19. R. Krummenacher KTM 2:00.341 + 2.039 20. Esteve Rabat KTM 2:00.540 + 2.238 21. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:00.562 + 2.260 22. L. Salvadori Aprilia 2:00.916 + 2.614 23. Marc Marquez KTM 2:01.384 + 3.082 24. Jules Cluzel Loncin 2:01.657 + 3.355 25. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:01.762 + 3.460 26. D. Agerter Derbi 2:01.799 + 3.497 27. Pablo Nieto KTM 2:01.823 + 3.521 28. H. van den Berg Aprilia 2:01.873 + 3.571 29. R. Lacalendola Aprilia 2:01.900 + 3.598 30. Robert Muresan Aprilia 2:02.097 + 3.795 31. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 2:02.161 + 3.859 32. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 2:02.195 + 3.893 33. Robin Lasser Aprilia 2:02.242 + 3.940 34. Gabriele Ferro Honda 2:02.344 + 4.042 35. Riccardo Moretti Honda 2:02.566 + 4.264 36. F. Lamborghini Aprilia 2:02.779 + 4.477 37. Louis Rossi Honda 2:03.414 + 5.112 38. Luca Vitali Aprilia 2:04.221 + 5.919 39. Alexis Masbou Loncin 2:21.359 +23.057
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