125cc: Smith storms to Jerez pole
Bradley Smith has taken a dominant pole position at Jerez, ahead of tomorrow's 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
The Briton, on his second pole in two races this year, managed to set a time of 1:47.587, almost half a second faster than second-quickest Nicolas Terol, who held provisional pole in yesterday's first qualifying session.
German Stefan Bradl went third fastest ahead of reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi, who completes the front row.
Simone Corsi qualified fifth with Steve Bonsey sixth. Behind the top six, all of them being Aprilia bikes, went Mike di Meglio with his Derbi.
He was followed by Scott Redding and Daniel Webb on Aprilias, with the KTM of Raffaele de Rosa rounding up the top ten.
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:47.587
2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:48.041 +0.454
3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:48.070 +0.483
4. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:48.113 +0.526
5. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:48.128 +0.541
6. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:48.146 +0.559
7. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:48.165 +0.578
8. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:48.315 +0.728
9. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:48.333 +0.746
10. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:48.345 +0.758
11. Dominique Agerter Derbi 1:48.348 +0.761
12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:48.437 +0.850
13. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:48.441 +0.854
14. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:48.481 +0.894
15. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:48.510 +0.923
16. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:48.520 +0.933
17. Joan Olive Derbi 1:48.688 +1.101
18. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:48.783 +1.196
19. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:48.791 +1.204
20. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:48.799 +1.212
21. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:48.907 +1.320
22. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:49.177 +1.590
23. Axel Pons Aprilia 1:49.357 +1.770
24. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:49.392 +1.805
25. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:49.446 +1.859
28. Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 1:49.879 +2.292
29. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:49.936 +2.349
30. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1:50.161 +2.574
31. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:50.557 +2.970
32. Daniel Saez Aprilia 1:51.362 +3.775
33. Louis Rossi Honda 1:51.894 +4.307
34. Ivan Maestro Honda 1:52.653 +5.066
35. Alberto Moncayo Derbi 1:53.283 +5.696
Share Or Save This Story
Alex Zanardi open to Daytona 24 Hours or Indianapolis 500 bid
Giacomo Agostini says Rossi and Lorenzo will renew hostilities
Working Men: Interview with Ferrari's Test Drivers
How Hamilton's BTCC fairytale stole the Snetterton show
When Haas will decide on its F1 2027 driver line-up
Gucci becomes title partner of Alpine F1 team for 2027
Top 10 F1 drivers of the 1970s
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments