125cc: Smith retains pole in Qatar
Bradley Smith retained his pole position for tomorrow's 125cc Qatar Grand Prix by improving over the provisional pole time he set yesterday
However, soon after the Briton set his best time of 2:05.242, he suffered a high side crash with his Aprilia with just a couple of minutes remaining.
Hungary's Gabor Talmacsi qualified second with his Aprilia, 66 thousandths of a second down on Smith. Third spot will be occupied by Mike di Meglio on Derbi.
Scott Redding and Danny Webb on Aprilia made it three Britons in the top five, ahead of KTM's Raffaele de Rosa in sixth and Aprilia's Sergio Gadea in seventh.
Derbi's Joan Olive, Aprilia's Simone Corsi - who had a crash by losing the front with 18 minutes to go in the session - and KTM's Esteve Rabat round up the top ten.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 2:05.242 2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:05.308 + 0.066 3. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 2:05.351 + 0.109 4. Scott Redding Aprilia 2:05.545 + 0.303 5. Daniel Webb Aprilia 2:05.593 + 0.351 6. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 2:05.618 + 0.376 7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 2:05.833 + 0.591 8. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:05.953 + 0.711 9. Joan Olive Derbi 2:06.074 + 0.832 10. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:06.096 + 0.854 11. Esteve Rabat KTM 2:06.132 + 0.890 12. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:06.205 + 0.963 13. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:06.218 + 0.976 14. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 2:06.329 + 1.087 15. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2:06.347 + 1.105 16. Pablo Nieto KTM 2:06.380 + 1.138 17. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:06.388 + 1.146 18. Pol Espargaro Derbi 2:06.402 + 1.160 19. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:06.477 + 1.235 20. D.Agerter Derbi 2:06.585 + 1.343 21. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:06.702 + 1.460 22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 2:06.787 + 1.545 23. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 2:07.016 + 1.774 24. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 2:07.338 + 2.096 25. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:07.603 + 2.361 26. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 2:07.605 + 2.363 27. Robin Lasser Aprilia 2:08.000 + 2.758 29. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:08.502 + 3.260 31. Robert Muresan Aprilia 2:09.257 + 4.015 32. Dino Lombardi Aprilia 2:09.632 + 4.390 33. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 2:09.827 + 4.585 34. Louis Rossi Honda 2:10.153 + 4.911
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