125cc: Pesek on provisional pole
Lukas Pesek rebounded from his Mugello error to take provisional pole position for the Catalunya round of the 125cc series
The Czech rider - who had dropped from first to third in the standings after crashing at the final corner of the race a week ago - knocked Mattia Pasini off pole by 0.051 seconds a third of the way through the session.
Pasini then went off on his final lap while trying to respond, but retained second ahead of Raffaele de Rosa, who leapt up the order in the closing moments.
Early pacesetter Gabor Talmacsi took fourth, ahead of championship leader and highest-placed Spaniard Hector Faubel, Sergio Gadea and Bradley Smith.
Sandro Cortese also made a late error, falling at the first corner in the middle of a pack of bikes and causing several to take evasive action through the gravel, but the German still qualified eighth.
Spanish riders Nicolas Terol and Pablo Nieto completed the top ten.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Lukas Pesek Derbi 1:51.119 2. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:51.170 + 0.051 3. Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia 1:51.315 + 0.196 4. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:51.380 + 0.261 5. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:51.395 + 0.276 6. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:51.493 + 0.374 7. Bradley Smith Honda 1:51.970 + 0.851 8. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:52.031 + 0.912 9. Nicolas Terol Derbi 1:51.135 + 1.016 10. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 1:52.233 + 1.114 11. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1:52.273 + 1.154 12. Michael Ranseder Derbi 1:52.275 + 1.156 13. Alexis Masbou Honda 1:52.383 + 1.264 14. Mike di Meglio Honda 1:52.524 + 1.405 15. Esteve Rabat Honda 1:52.608 + 1.489 16. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1:52.609 + 1.490 17. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:52.630 + 1.511 18. R. Krummenacher KTM 1:52.635 + 1.516 19. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:52.677 + 1.558 20. Joan Olive Aprilia 1:52.846 + 1.727 21. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:52.854 + 1.735 22. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:52.880 + 1.761 23. Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 1:53.359 + 2.240 24. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:53.496 + 2.377 25. Robert Muresan Derbi 1:53.769 + 2.650 26. Dino Lombardi Honda 1:54.232 + 3.113 27. Philipp Eitzinger Honda 1:54.621 + 3.502 28. Joey Litjens Honda 1:54.654 + 3.535 29. Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 1:54.666 + 3.547 30. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1:54.706 + 3.587 31. Steve Bonsey KTM 1:54.756 + 3.637 32. Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 1:54.762 + 3.643 33. Daniel Webb Honda 1:55.002 + 3.883 34. Ivan Maestro Aprilia 1:56.058 + 4.939 35. Stefan Bradi Aprilia 2:03.170 + 12.051
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