125cc: Pasini maintains Chinese pole
Aprilia rider Mattia Pasini maintained his pole position for tomorrow's 125cc Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai despite not bettering his Friday best
Though he got close to his own best, and was one of only a few riders not to improve on their Friday efforts, he kept pole position by 0.338 of a second.
Alongside him will be Hector Faubel who improved nearly a second, Derbi rider Lukas Pesek who looked set to steal pole from Pasini in the closing minutes before he clipped Tomoyoshi Koyama and fell, with Gabor Talmacsi completing the front row.
Sergio Gadea, Tomoyoshi Koyama, Bradley Smith and Simone Corsi all improved on their Friday bests and fill the second row, with Michael Ranseder and Sandro Cortese completing the top ten.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 2:11.946 2. Hector Faubel Aprilia 2:12.284 + 0.338 3. Lukas Pesek Derbi 2:12.384 + 0.438 4. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:12.433 + 0.487 5. Bradley Smith Honda 2:12.547 + 0.601 6. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:12.774 + 0.828 7. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:12.841 + 0.895 8. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:12.987 + 1.041 9. Michael Ranseder Derbi 2:13.093 + 1.147 10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:13.526 + 1.580 11. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 2:13.581 + 1.635 12. Esteve Rabat Honda 2:13.599 + 1.653 13. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 2:13.686 + 1.740 14. Joan Olive Aprilia 2:13.817 + 1.871 15. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:13.866 + 1.920 16. Nicolas Terol Derbi 2:13.868 + 1.922 17. R.Tamburini Aprilia 2:13.872 + 1.926 18. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 2:13.880 + 1.934 19. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:13.923 + 1.977 20. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:13.977 + 2.031 21. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 2:14.006 + 2.060 22. Alexis Masbou Honda 2:14.130 + 2.184 23. Mike Di Meglio Honda 2:14.226 + 2.280 24. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:14.498 + 2.552 25. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 2:14.522 + 2.576 26. Robert Muresan Derbi 2:15.008 + 3.062 27. Steve Bonsey KTM 2:15.060 + 3.114 28. D.Agerter Aprilia 2:15.512 + 3.566 29. Joey Litjens Honda 2:15.685 + 3.739 30. Daniel Webb Honda 2:15.908 + 3.962 31. Dino Lombardi Honda 2:15.974 + 4.028 32. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:17.111 + 5.165
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