125cc: Talmacsi takes dominant pole
Gabor Talmacsi has taken a dominant pole position in Valencia today ahead of tomorrow's 125cc championship decider
The Hungarian is ten points ahead of Aspar Aprilia teammate Hector Faubel, who will start the race from the second spot on the grid, 0.373 seconds behind his rival.
The Spaniard set provisional pole position yesterday and headed the times for the first half of today's qualifying session, but then Talmacsi set several faster times, including the fastest time of 1:39.029, which he set on his last flying lap.
Sergio Gadea made it an Aspar 1-2-3 by setting today's third fastest time, even though the Spaniard didn't manage to improve on the time he set yesterday.
The first non-Aprilia bike was the Derbi of Lukas Pesek, half a tenth behind Gadea.
Aprilia's Pablo Nieto and Simone Corsi will take the start from the fifth and sixth spot respectively, followed by the Derbi of Nicolas Terol.
Mattia Pasini qualified only eighth, ahead of Pol Espargaro in ninth and Sandro Cortese in tenth, all three riders on Aprilia.
The first Honda is Esteve Rabat, who will start tomorrow's race in 11th place.
Pos Rider Make Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:39.029 2. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:39.402 + 0.373 3. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:39.745 + 0.716 4. Lukas Pesek Derbi 1:39.792 + 0.763 5. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 1:39.877 + 0.848 6. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:40.000 + 0.971 7. Nicolas Terol Derbi 1:40.048 + 1.019 8. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:40.059 + 1.030 9. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1:40.279 + 1.250 10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:40.287 + 1.258 11. Esteve Rabat Honda 1:40.488 + 1.459 12. Bradley Smith Honda 1:40.528 + 1.499 13. Joan Olive Aprilia 1:40.551 + 1.522 14. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:40.660 + 1.631 15. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:40.743 + 1.714 16. Michael Ranseder Derbi 1:40.927 + 1.898 17. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:40.951 + 1.922 18. Alexis Masbou Honda 1:40.999 + 1.970 19. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:41.161 + 2.132 21. Mike Di Meglio Honda 1:41.222 + 2.193 22. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 1:41.291 + 2.262 23. D.Agerter Aprilia 1:41.321 + 2.292 24. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1:41.327 + 2.298 25. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:41.344 + 2.315 26. R.Tamburini Aprilia 1:41.349 + 2.320 27. Steve Bonsey KTM 1:41.600 + 2.571 28. Daniel Webb Honda 1:41.843 + 2.814 29. Robert Muresan Derbi 1:42.171 + 3.142 31. Daniel Saez Aprilia 1:42.378 + 3.349 32. Joey Litjens Honda 1:42.420 + 3.391 33. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:42.567 + 3.538 34. Dino Lombardi Honda 1:43.075 + 4.046 35. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 1:43.276 + 4.247 36. F.Lamborghini Aprilia 1:43.335 + 4.306
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