125cc: Pasini consolidates pole position
Mattia Pasini consolidated his pole position for the 125cc Turkish Grand Prix to lead a full Aprilia front row
The Italian set a time of 2:04.722, a little over two tenths faster than second-place Hector Faubel, half a second faster than Simone Corsi, and six tenths over Gabor Talmacsi in fourth.
The first non-Aprilia is Lukas Pesek's Derbi in fifth, with Tomoyoshi Koyama's KTM in sixth.
Joan Olive took seventh spot one second behind Pasini, followed by Michael Ranseder in eighth, Nicolas Terol in ninth, and Sandro Cortese in tenth.
Briton Bradley Smith qualified in 13th place.
Starting grid:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 2:04.722
2. Hector Faubel Aprilia 2:04.951 + 0.229
3. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:05.299 + 0.577
4. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:05.372 + 0.650
5. Lukas Pesek Derbi 2:05.386 + 0.664
6. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:05.434 + 0.712
7. Joan Olive Aprilia 2:05.748 + 1.026
8. Michael Ranseder Derbi 2:06.051 + 1.329
9. Nicolas Terol Derbi 2:06.189 + 1.467
10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:06.209 + 1.487
11. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 2:06.267 + 1.545
12. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 2:06.400 + 1.678
13. Bradley Smith Honda 2:06.408 + 1.686
14. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 2:06.464 + 1.742
15. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:06.726 + 2.004
16. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:06.732 + 2.010
17. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:06.885 + 2.163
18. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 2:06.974 + 2.252
19. Alexis Masbou Honda 2:07.238 + 2.516
20. R.Tamburini Aprilia 2:07.382 + 2.660
21. Esteve Rabat Honda 2:07.464 + 2.742
22. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:07.553 + 2.831
23. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:07.703 + 2.981
24. Joey Litjens Honda 2:07.754 + 3.032
25. Steve Bonsey KTM 2:07.838 + 3.116
26. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 2:08.002 + 3.280
27. Kev Coghlan Honda 2:08.311 + 3.589
28. Robert Muresan Derbi 2:08.836 + 4.114
29. D.Agerter Aprilia 2:08.954 + 4.232
30. Daniel Webb Honda 2:09.131 + 4.409
31. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:09.632 + 4.910
32. Dino Lombardi Honda 2:09.647 + 4.925
33. Alen Gyorfi Aprilia 2:11.384 + 6.662
34. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 2:12.956 + 8.234
Did not qualify:
Nicklett Kovacs Honda 2:17.221 + 12.499
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