125cc: Talmacsi takes pole in Spain
Gabor Talmacsi beat title rival Hector Faubel to pole position for the 125cc race at Catalunya, while Lukas Pesek tumbled from first in the Friday times to fifth on the combined grid
For most of the session it looked like Pesek would retain his pole, as he quickly improved on his previous time and edged further away from the field.
But in a frenetic final two minutes he was pushed down the order as first Bradley Smith beat Pesek's provisional pole by a tenth of a second, then Talmacsi leapt onto pole with a 1:50.012 - 0.8 seconds faster than his rivals at that stage.
Faubel and morning practice pacesetter Sergio Gadea then shuffled Smith down to fourth, with Faubel ending up 0.3 seconds adrift of Talmacsi.
Raffaele de Rosa dropped from third on the provisional grid to sixth despite finding four-tenths of a second today.
Tomoyoshi Koyama will start seventh, ahead of Mattia Pasini - who could not improve on his Friday time and slumped from second to eighth. Simone Corsi and Andrea Iannone complete the top ten.
Lorenzo Zanetti and Dino Lombardi both had to be assisted by the marshals after falling from their bikes. Lombardi suffered a low-side early in the session, while Zanetti had a dramatic incident on his last lap after getting out of shape approaching Turn 13 and rolling through the gravel.
Combined qualifying times: Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:50.012 2. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:50.336 + 0.324 3. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:50.529 + 0.517 4. Bradley Smith Honda 1:50.806 + 0.794 5. Lukas Pesek Derbi 1:50.933 + 0.921 6. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 1:50.945 + 0.933 7. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:51.072 + 1.060 8. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:51.170 + 1.158 9. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:51.170 + 1.158 10. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:51.295 + 1.283 11. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:51.744 + 1.732 12. Esteve Rabat Honda 1:51.799 + 1.787 13. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:51.801 + 1.789 14. Joan Olive Aprilia 1:51.925 + 1.913 15. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:51.930 + 1.918 16. Mike Di Meglio Honda 1:51.985 + 1.973 17. Michael Ranseder Derbi 1:51.995 + 1.983 18. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1:52.050 + 2.038 19. Nicolas Terol Derbi 1:52.069 + 2.057 20. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 1:52.113 + 2.101 21. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1:52.273 + 2.261 22. Alexis Masbou Honda 1:52.383 + 2.371 23. Robert Muresan Derbi 1:52.386 + 2.374 24. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:52.676 + 2.664 25. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:52.677 + 2.665 26. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:52.699 + 2.687 27. D.Aegerter Aprilia 1:52.819 + 2.807 28. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 1:53.072 + 3.060 29. R.Tamburini Aprilia 1:53.195 + 3.183 30. P.Eitzinger Honda 1:53.619 + 3.607 31. Joey Litjens Honda 1:53.648 + 3.636 32. Steve Bonsey KTM 1:53.662 + 3.650 33. Dino Lombardi Honda 1:53.688 + 3.676 34. Ivan Maestro Honda 1:53.859 + 3.847 35. Daniel Webb Honda 1:54.939 + 4.927
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