125cc: Pasini retains pole position
Mattia Pasini confirmed his pole position in the final qualifying session of the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
The Aprilia rider, having also set provisional pole yesterday, stayed at the top of the timesheets for the whole session thanks to the time set yesterday, but went on to improve on that time in the final minutes today.
Second-placed Aprilia rider Gabor Talmacsi also improved his time in the final minutes, but his time wouldn't have been enough for pole even if Pasini didn't further improve his time today.
Talmacsi's improvement, however, forced Lukas Pesek to third place on the grid, after the Derbi rider led most of today's session.
Sergio Gadea strongly improved on yesterday's 17th place to set the fourth fastest time, while Hector Faubel went from sixth to fifth spot today.
Tomoyoshi Koyama lost out from yesterday's third position by falling to sixth place.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Pasini Aprilia 1:47.245 2. Talmacsi Aprilia 1:47.483 + 0.238 3. Pesek Derbi 1:47.485 + 0.240 4. Gadea Aprilia 1:47.670 + 0.425 5. Faubel Aprilia 1:47.727 + 0.482 6. Koyama KTM 1:47.791 + 0.546 7. Espargaro Aprilia 1:48.030 + 0.785 8. Corsi Aprilia 1:48.115 + 0.870 9. Nieto Aprilia 1:48.153 + 0.908 10. Cortese Aprilia 1:48.435 + 1.190 11. Smith Honda 1:48.499 + 1.254 12. De Rosa Aprilia 1:48.642 + 1.397 13. Ranseder Derbi 1:48.831 + 1.586 14. Olive Aprilia 1:48.943 + 1.698 15. Iannone Aprilia 1:49.007 + 1.762 16. Masbou Honda 1:49.056 + 1.811 17. Zanetti Aprilia 1:49.316 + 2.071 18. Tutusaus Aprilia 1:49.375 + 2.130 19. Rabat Honda 1:49.460 + 2.215 20. Di Meglio Honda 1:49.607 + 2.362 21. Sandi Aprilia 1:49.793 + 2.548 22. Bianco Aprilia 1:49.914 + 2.669 23. Terol Derbi 1:50.026 + 2.781 24. Krummenacher KTM 1:50.269 + 3.024 25. Grotzky Aprilia 1:50.367 + 3.122 26. Bonsey KTM 1:50.396 + 3.151 27. Van den Berg Aprilia 1:50.724 + 3.479 28. Maestro Honda 1:50.894 + 3.649 29. Muresan Derbi 1:50.905 + 3.660 30. Webb Honda 1:51.046 + 3.801 31. Litjens Honda 1:51.220 + 3.975 32. Lombardi Honda 1:51.230 + 3.985 33. Aegerter Aprilia 1:51.349 + 4.104 34. Saez Aprilia 1:51.871 + 4.626 35. Tamburini Aprilia 1:52.243 + 4.998
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