125cc: Pasini tops first qualifying
A week after taking his first victory of the 2007 season, Mattia Pasini secured provisional pole position for the 125cc Dutch Grand Prix at Assen
The Italian has already claimed five poles this year, but a variety of misfortunes in the races meant that his first win did not come until last week's Donington Park round.
Simone Corsi had held pole at the halfway point of the session, before first Lukas Pesek, then Pasini pushed him down the order.
Erstwhile championship leader Pesek - showing better form after two frustrating races - improved to within 0.18 seconds of Pasini right at the end of the session, but could not separate the Italian from pole.
Corsi retained third, ahead of Sergio Gadea, Sandro Cortese, and title rivals Gabor Talmacsi and Hector Faubel.
Further down the top ten, German rider Stefan Bradl set himself up for a career-best starting position by taking ninth.
The Red Bull KTM team struggled relative to their recent strong performances, with Tomoyoshi Koyama only 13th, and Randy Krummenacher ending up behind teammate Steve Bonsey in 25th following a fall early in the session.
Both Bradley Smith and Andrea Iannone sat out first qualifying after their collision in practice, with Smith now ruled out for the weekend due to metacarpal and metatarsal fractures, and Iannone nursing a hand injury.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:45.603 2. Lukas Pesek Derbi 1:45.783 + 0.180 3. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:46.198 + 0.595 4. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:46.204 + 0.601 5. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:46.216 + 0.613 6. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:46.416 + 0.813 7. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:46.853 + 1.250 8. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 1:46.946 + 1.343 9. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:46.999 + 1.396 10. Michael Ranseder Derbi 1:47.021 + 1.418 11. Joan Olive Aprilia 1:47.260 + 1.657 12. Nicolas Terol Derbi 1:47.275 + 1.672 13. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:47.344 + 1.741 14. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1:47.400 + 1.797 15. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 1:47.454 + 1.851 16. Mike Di Meglio Honda 1:47.568 + 1.965 17. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1:47.665 + 2.062 18. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:47.841 + 2.238 19. Esteve Rabat Honda 1:47.848 + 2.245 20. Alexis Masbou Honda 1:47.972 + 2.369 21. Robert Muresan Derbi 1:48.028 + 2.425 22. Joey Litjens Honda 1:48.248 + 2.645 23. R.Tamburini Aprilia 1:48.303 + 2.700 24. Steve Bonsey KTM 1:48.617 + 3.014 25. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:48.703 + 3.100 26. Enrique Jerez Honda 1:48.719 + 3.116 27. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 1:49.061 + 3.458 28. D.Aegerter Aprilia 1:49.113 + 3.51 29. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:49.134 + 3.531 30. Daniel Webb Honda 1:49.322 + 3.719 31. Roy Pouw Aprilia 1:50.025 + 4.422 32. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:50.244 + 4.641 33. Jasper Iwema Honda 1:50.292 + 4.689 34. P.vd Waarsenburg Honda 1:51.225 + 5.622 35. Ferry Stoffer Honda 1:52.407 + 6.804 36. P.Eitzinger Honda 1:52.862 + 7.259
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