125cc: Faubel grabs provisional pole
Title contenders Hector Faubel and Gabor Talmacsi headed the field in Friday's 125cc qualifying session at Valencia
Faubel, who is 10 points adrift of the Hungarian in the standings, snatched top spot as both drivers improved with their final lap of the session.
Sergio Gadea was the only other rider to set a time close to the top two, as behind the Spaniard the rest of the field were at least half a second adrift of the provisional pole sitter.
Simone Corsi completed the provisional front row of the grid in fourth place, while his countryman Mattia Pasini led the second row.
Sandro Cortese was next up in sixth place, just ahead of Lukas Pesek, who will be hoping to snatch third place in the championship this weekend.
The Czech rider's slim chances of overhauling Tomoyoshi Koyama were given a boost though, as the Japanese rider could only manage 14th in Friday's session, 1.5 seconds adrift of pole.
Behind Pesek, Nicolas Terol completed the second row of the grid, while Pablo Nieto and Esteve Rabat made sure that five of the top 10 places were filled by Spanish riders on home soil.
Pos Rider Bike Time Laps 1. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:39.498 13 2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:39.644 + 0.146 13 3. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:39.745 + 0.247 13 4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:40.000 + 0.502 15 5. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:40.256 + 0.758 15 6. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:40.443 + 0.945 14 7. Lukas Pesek Derbi 1:40.444 + 0.946 15 8. Nicolas Terol Derbi 1:40.644 + 1.146 16 9. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 1:40.894 + 1.396 13 10. Esteve Rabat Honda 1:40.916 + 1.418 16 11. Alexis Masbou Honda 1:40.999 + 1.501 15 12. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1:41.018 + 1.520 15 13. Joan Olive Aprilia 1:41.026 + 1.528 16 14. Tomoyoshi Koyama Ktm 1:41.032 + 1.534 13 15. Bradley Smith Honda 1:41.054 + 1.556 16 16. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:41.344 + 1.846 13 17. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:41.496 + 1.998 14 18. Mike Di Meglio Honda 1:41.528 + 2.030 15 19. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1:41.533 + 2.035 14 20. Stevie Bonsey Ktm 1:41.600 + 2.102 15 21. Michael Ranseder Derbi 1:41.711 + 2.213 16 22. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 1:41.727 + 2.229 14 23. Randy Krummenacher Ktm 1:41.778 + 2.280 15 24. Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:42.062 + 2.564 16 25. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:42.167 + 2.669 16 26. Danny Webb Honda 1:42.467 + 2.969 15 27. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:42.601 + 3.103 16 28. Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 1:42.615 + 3.117 15 29. Robert Muresan Derbi 1:43.024 + 3.526 15 30. Dino Lombardi Honda 1:43.075 + 3.577 15 31. Daniel Saez Aprilia 1:43.146 + 3.648 12 32. Ivan Maestro Aprilia 1:43.179 + 3.681 11 33. Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 1:43.276 + 3.778 14 34. Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 1:43.316 + 3.818 14 35. Ferruccio Lamborghini Aprilia 1:43.335 + 3.837 15 36. Joey Litjens Honda 1:43.581 + 4.083 14 37. Alen Gyorfi Aprilia 1:44.691 + 5.193 14
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