125cc: Faubel edges out Talmacsi for pole
Title rivals Hector Faubel and Gabor Talmacsi will start alongside each other at the head of the grid in tomorrow's penultimate round of the 125cc championship at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia
While Joan Olive set the early pace, Talmacsi was soon topping the times, on top by the eleven minute mark of the session, and setting a pair of times late in the session that looked to have secured him pole.
But with a minute remaining Faubel pipped Talmacsi's time by 0.116 of a second with a 2:13.327 to secure pole, and despite Talmacsi's best effort on his final flying lap, he couldn't do any better and will start second.
Third and fourth on the grid will be Sandro Cortese and Pol Espargaro, both riders setting their best laps after the chequered flag had been shown. This pushed Simone Corsi down to fifth and Tomoyoshi Koyama to sixth.
A tightly-bunched group followed them, with Lukas Pesek, Joan Olive, provisional pole man Pablo Nieto, Mattia Pasini and Sergio Gadea separated by less than a quarter of a second.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Hector Faubel Aprilia 2:13.327 2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:13.443 + 0.116 3. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:14.141 + 0.814 4. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 2:14.166 + 0.839 5. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:14.347 + 1.020 6. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:14.440 + 1.113 7. Lukas Pesek Derbi 2:14.630 + 1.303 8. Joan Olive Aprilia 2:14.723 + 1.396 9. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 2:14.738 + 1.411 10. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 2:14.798 + 1.471 11. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:14.967 + 1.640 12. Alexis Masbou Honda 2:15.061 + 1.734 13. Nicolas Terol Derbi 2:15.385 + 2.058 14. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 2:15.476 + 2.149 15. Bradley Smith Honda 2:15.635 + 2.308 16. Michael Ranseder Derbi 2:15.676 + 2.349 17. Esteve Rabat Honda 2:15.835 + 2.508 18. Mike di Meglio Honda 2:15.895 + 2.568 19. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2:16.150 + 2.823 20. R. Tamburini Aprilia 2:16.483 + 3.156 21. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:16.546 + 3.219 22. D. Agerter Aprilia 2:16.778 + 3.451 23. R. Krummenacher KTM 2:16.822 + 3.495 24. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:16.835 + 3.508 25. Daniel Webb Honda 2:16.866 + 3.539 26. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 2:17.267 + 3.940 27. Joey Litjens Honda 2:17.616 + 4.289 28. Steve Bonsey KTM 2:17.772 + 4.445 29. Cyril Carrillo Honda 2:18.030 + 4.703 30. S.G. Giorgi Aprilia 2:18.420 + 5.093 31. Robert Muresan Derbi 2:19.004 + 5.677 32. Dino Lombardi Honda 2:19.189 + 5.862 33. F. Lamborghini Aprilia 2:19.972 + 6.645
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