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125cc: Talmacsi leads wet first qualifying

Championship leader Gabor Talmacsi claimed provisional pole for the British round of the 125cc series at an extremely wet Donington Park

With the weather worsening throughout the session, most of the quick times were set on riders' first runs, and few improved in the final quarter of an hour.

Talmacsi beat his Bancaja Aspar Aprilia teammate and title rival Hector Faubel to the top spot by 0.069 seconds, with Mike di Meglio repeating the wet weather form that he showed at Mugello to earn third on the provisional grid, 0.107 seconds behind Talmacsi.

This trio enjoyed a huge margin over the rest of the field, with fourth-fastest man Simone Corsi 1.543 seconds off Talmacsi's pace.

Fresh from his breakthrough performance in Spain, Randy Krummenacher took fifth ahead of his Red Bull KTM teammate Tomoyoshi Koyama.

Pos  Rider             Bike     Time
 1.  Gabor Talmacsi    Aprilia  1:55.921
 2.  Hector Faubel     Aprilia  1:55.990  + 0.069
 3.  Mike Di Meglio    Honda    1:56.028  + 0.107
 4.  Simone Corsi      Aprilia  1:57.464  + 1.543
 5.  R.Krummenacher    KTM      1:57.613  + 1.692
 6.  Tomoyoshi Koyama  KTM      1:57.654  + 1.733
 7.  Sergio Gadea      Aprilia  1:58.562  + 2.641
 8.  Joan Olive        Aprilia  1:58.671  + 2.750
 9.  Lukas Pesek       Derbi    1:58.707  + 2.786
10.  Raffaele De Rosa  Aprilia  1:59.029  + 3.108
11.  Bradley Smith     Honda    1:59.105  + 3.184
12.  Esteve Rabat      Honda    1:59.265  + 3.344
13.  Federico Sandi    Aprilia  1:59.621  + 3.700
14.  Robert Muresan    Derbi    1:59.821  + 3.900
15.  Michael Ranseder  Derbi    2:00.095  + 4.174
16.  Lorenzo Zanetti   Aprilia  2:00.119  + 4.198
17.  Sandro Cortese    Aprilia  2:00.194  + 4.273
18.  Stefano Bianco    Aprilia  2:00.343  + 4.422
19.  D.Ägerter         Aprilia  2:00.453  + 4.532
20.  Enrique Jerez     Honda    2:00.643  + 4.722
21.  Joey Litjens      Honda    2:00.661  + 4.74
22.  Pol Espargaro     Aprilia  2:00.863  + 4.942
23.  R.Tamburini       Aprilia  2:01.192  + 5.271
24.  S.G.Giorgi        Aprilia  2:01.640  + 5.719
25.  Steve Bonsey      KTM      2:01.968  + 6.047
26.  Andrea Iannone    Aprilia  2:02.155  + 6.234
27.  Daniel Webb       Honda    2:02.846  + 6.925
28.  Pablo Nieto       Aprilia  2:03.553  + 7.632
29.  Alexis Masbou     Honda    2:03.575  + 7.654
30.  Nicolas Terol     Derbi    2:04.392  + 8.471
31.  Mattia Pasini     Aprilia  2:04.622  + 8.701
32.  Luke Jones        Honda    2:05.933  + 10.012
33.  H.van den Berg    Aprilia  2:06.132  + 10.211
34.  Nikki Coates      Honda    2:06.214  + 10.293
35.  Kevin Coghlan     Honda    2:06.477  + 10.556
36.  Robbie Stewart    Honda    2:06.484  + 10.563
37.  Tom Hayward       Honda    2:08.279  + 12.358

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