125cc: Talmacsi dominates first qualifying
World champion Gabor Talmacsi utterly dominated the first qualifying session for the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring on Friday
The 27-year-old Hungarian, no doubt still fired up from his stirring victory over points leader Mike de Meglio at Assen, moved to the top of the times early in the session. Once in front, he stayed there, banging in fastest lap after fastest lap.
In the end, Talmacsi took provisional pole by 0.3secs from British rider Bradley Smith.
Revelling in the power of the Polaris World Aprilia, Smith might even have gone fastest of all. Having set the fastest first two splits, he came upon Nicolas Terol also on a hot lap, and was held up significantly.
Stefan Bradl, at his home race, was third fastest despite a late fall at the first corner. Simone Corsi, a three-time winner already this season, was fourth.
Joan Olive was fifth fastest ahead of the first KTM, ridden by Tomoyashi Koyama.
Points leader di Meglio could only manage eighth fastest while Talmacsi's teammate Sergio Gadea was disappointing ninth after a run through the gravel.
Terol was tenth, while Pol Espargaro and Donington-winner Scott Redding were 12th and 14th on their respective returns from injury.
Pos Rider Bike Time Gap 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:27.623 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:27.933 +0.310 3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:28.096 +0.473 4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:28.248 +0.625 5. Joan Olive Derbi 1:28.472 +0.849 6. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:28.488 +0.865 7. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:28.499 +0.876 8. Mike di Meglio Derbi 1:28.515 +0.892 9. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:28.559 +0.936 10. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:28.622 +0.999 11. Raffaele de Rosa KTM 1:28.659 +1.036 12. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:28.660 +1.037 13. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:28.702 +1.079 14. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:28.732 +1.109 15. Randy Krummenacher KTM 1:28.754 +1.131 16. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:28.759 +1.136 17. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:28.788 +1.165 18. Dominique Agerter Derbi 1:28.870 +1.247 19. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:28.935 +1.312 20. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:28.944 +1.321 21. Marcel Schrotter Aprilia 1:29.059 +1.436 22. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:29.070 +1.447 23. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:29.146 +1.523 24. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:29.232 +1.609 25. Marc Marquez KTM 1:29.284 +1.661 26. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:29.447 +1.824 27. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:29.706 +2.083 28. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:29.821 +2.198 29. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:29.933 +2.310 30. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:29.961 +2.338 31. Sebastian Kreuziger Honda 1:30.074 +2.451 32. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1:30.104 +2.481 33. Marvin Fritz Seel 1:30.192 +2.569 34. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:30.253 +2.630 35. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 1:30.925 +3.302 36. Eric Hübsch Aprilia 1:31.022 +3.399 37. Louis Rossi Honda 1:31.308 +3.685 38. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 1:31.359 +3.736 39. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 1:31.442 +3.819
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