125cc: Pasini consolidates pole position
Mattia Pasini consolidated his pole position for the 125cc Turkish Grand Prix to lead a full Aprilia front row
The Italian set a time of 2:04.722, a little over two tenths faster than second-place Hector Faubel, half a second faster than Simone Corsi, and six tenths over Gabor Talmacsi in fourth.
The first non-Aprilia is Lukas Pesek's Derbi in fifth, with Tomoyoshi Koyama's KTM in sixth.
Joan Olive took seventh spot one second behind Pasini, followed by Michael Ranseder in eighth, Nicolas Terol in ninth, and Sandro Cortese in tenth.
Briton Bradley Smith qualified in 13th place.
Starting grid:
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 2:04.722 2. Hector Faubel Aprilia 2:04.951 + 0.229 3. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:05.299 + 0.577 4. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:05.372 + 0.650 5. Lukas Pesek Derbi 2:05.386 + 0.664 6. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:05.434 + 0.712 7. Joan Olive Aprilia 2:05.748 + 1.026 8. Michael Ranseder Derbi 2:06.051 + 1.329 9. Nicolas Terol Derbi 2:06.189 + 1.467 10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:06.209 + 1.487 11. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 2:06.267 + 1.545 12. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 2:06.400 + 1.678 13. Bradley Smith Honda 2:06.408 + 1.686 14. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 2:06.464 + 1.742 15. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:06.726 + 2.004 16. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:06.732 + 2.010 17. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:06.885 + 2.163 18. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 2:06.974 + 2.252 19. Alexis Masbou Honda 2:07.238 + 2.516 20. R.Tamburini Aprilia 2:07.382 + 2.660 21. Esteve Rabat Honda 2:07.464 + 2.742 22. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:07.553 + 2.831 23. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:07.703 + 2.981 24. Joey Litjens Honda 2:07.754 + 3.032 25. Steve Bonsey KTM 2:07.838 + 3.116 26. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 2:08.002 + 3.280 27. Kev Coghlan Honda 2:08.311 + 3.589 28. Robert Muresan Derbi 2:08.836 + 4.114 29. D.Agerter Aprilia 2:08.954 + 4.232 30. Daniel Webb Honda 2:09.131 + 4.409 31. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:09.632 + 4.910 32. Dino Lombardi Honda 2:09.647 + 4.925 33. Alen Gyorfi Aprilia 2:11.384 + 6.662 34. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 2:12.956 + 8.234 Did not qualify: Nicklett Kovacs Honda 2:17.221 + 12.499
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