125cc: Talmacsi clinches dominant pole
Championship leader Gabor Talmacsi has claimed a dominant pole position for the Czech round of the 125cc series, having lapped six tenths of a second clear of his rivals in the second qualifying session
Until the final ten minutes it looked like local favourite Lukas Pesek's provisional pole time from Friday would be tough to beat, but then Talmacsi produced a 2:07.4 lap to beat Pesek by 0.8 seconds.
Hector Faubel then pushed Pesek back to third, just before Mattia Pasini came through to depose Talmacsi by a few fractions of a second.
The points leader soon responded, lapping in 2:06.861 and ensuring his fourth pole position of the 2007 season.
Pasini and Faubel retained second and third, with Tomoyoshi Koyama improving to fourth on the KTM with his final lap.
While Koyama was making progress up the order, his teammates Randy Krummenacher and Steve Bonsey both suffered falls late in the session. Krummenacher still qualified sixth despite sliding into the gravel after a low-side, while Bonsey had a vicious high-side under braking.
It took Pesek until the last lap of the half hour to improve on his Friday pole time, and even then he only went 0.001 seconds faster. He will start his home race from fifth.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:06.861 2. Hector Faubel Aprilia 2:07.402 + 0.541 3. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 2:07.429 + 0.568 4. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:08.155 + 1.294 5. Lukas Pesek Derbi 2:08.200 + 1.339 6. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:08.421 + 1.560 7. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:08.578 + 1.717 8. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:08.614 + 1.753 9. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 2:08.694 + 1.833 10. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 2:08.712 + 1.851 11. Michael Ranseder Derbi 2:08.952 + 2.091 12. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:08.955 + 2.094 13. Bradley Smith Honda 2:09.375 + 2.514 14. R.Tamburini Aprilia 2:09.392 + 2.531 15. Alexis Masbou Honda 2:09.463 + 2.602 16. Joan Olive Aprilia 2:09.652 + 2.791 17. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:09.726 + 2.865 18. Esteve Rabat Honda 2:09.729 + 2.868 19. Mike Di Meglio Honda 2:09.734 + 2.873 20. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 2:09.845 + 2.984 21. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:09.847 + 2.986 22. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 2:10.055 + 3.194 23. Robert Muresan Derbi 2:10.328 + 3.467 24. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:10.477 + 3.616 25. Nicolas Terol Derbi 2:10.546 + 3.685 26. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:10.598 + 3.737 27. Steve Bonsey KTM 2:10.786 + 3.925 28. Joey Litjens Honda 2:10.820 + 3.959 29. D.Agerter Aprilia 2:11.121 + 4.260 30. Ricard Cardus Aprilia 2:11.176 + 4.315 31. Toni Wirsing Honda 2:11.808 + 4.947 32. Daniel Webb Honda 2:11.933 + 5.072 33. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 2:11.942 + 5.081 34. Dino Lombardi Honda 2:12.631 + 5.770 35. Michal Prasek Honda 2:13.786 + 6.925 36. Karel Majek FGR 2:15.108 + 8.247 37. Karel Pesek Aprilia 2:15.723 + 8.862
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