125cc: Wet session cements Talmacsi's pole
Constant rain and cold, dark conditions put paid to any improvements in the second qualifying session for the 125cc Czech Grand Prix
That means that Gabor Talmacsi, to the delight of the thousands of Hungarians that crossed the border to support their world champion, will once again start from pole position in Sunday's race at Brno.
He will be joined at the front by Nicolas Terol, Andre Iannone and Bradley Smith.
Championship leader Mike de Meglio will start fifth ahead of Sergio Cortese, Pol Espargaro and Simone Corsi.
Raffaele de Rosa set the fastest time of the session with a 2:18.277, some nine seconds off Talmacsi's pole time yesterday.
Esteve Rabat was second and Donington winner Scott Redding was third.
Pos Rider Bike Time Gap
1. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 2:18.227
2. Esteve Rabat KTM 2:18.618 +0.391
3. Scott Redding Aprilia 2:19.718 +1.491
4. Mike di Meglio Derbi 2:20.242 +2.015
5. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2:21.003 +2.776
6. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 2:21.008 +2.781
7. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:21.137 +2.910
8. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 2:22.340 +4.113
9. Randy Krummenacher KTM 2:22.393 +4.166
10. Louis Rossi Honda 2:23.551 +5.324
11. Alexis Masbou Loncin 2:23.727 +5.500
12. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:23.811 +5.584
13. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 2:24.183 +5.956
14. Karel Pesek Aprilia 2:24.186 +5.959
15. Dominique Agerter Derbi 2:24.670 +6.443
16. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:24.695 +6.468
17. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:24.770 +6.543
18. Pablo Nieto KTM 2:25.076 +6.849
19. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:25.583 +7.356
20. Robert Muresan Aprilia 2:25.752 +7.525
21. Joan Olive Derbi 2:26.768 +8.541
22. Bradley Smith Aprilia 2:26.970 +8.743
23. Jonas Folger KTM 2:27.038 +8.811
24. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 2:27.254 +9.027
25. Lukas Sembera Aprilia 2:27.360 +9.133
26. Pol Espargaro Derbi 2:29.278 +11.051
27. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 2:30.128 +11.901
28. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 2:30.533 +12.306
29. Michal Prasek Aprilia 2:30.864 +12.637
31. Andrea Touskova Honda 2:31.130 +12.903
32. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:32.876 +14.649
33. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 2:33.215 +14.988
34. Jules Cluzel Loncin 2:35.203 +16.976
35. Robin Lasser Aprilia 2:35.816 +17.589
36. Marc Marquez KTM 2:37.787 +19.560
37. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 3:30.300 +1:12.073
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