125cc: Terol on provisional pole at Jerez
Nicolas Terol set the quickest time in first qualifying for the 125cc race at Jerez on Sunday after snatching the top spot from Pol Espargaro with three minutes of the session remaining
Espargaro ended up fifth after a string of riders beat his time right at the end of the session.
Simone Corsi finished second, ahead of Briton Bradley Smith and Stefan Bradl who both also bettered Espargaro's benchmark in the dying moments.
Gabor Talmacsi and Pablo Nieto held top six spots for almost all of the session, but ended up 11th and 13th respectively when they couldn't improve their times on their last two laps.
Sergio Gadea, who won the opening round of the year in Qatar, was 10th quickest, just behind 15-year-old Briton Scott Redding.
Pos Rider Bike Time Laps 1. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:48.078 14 2. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:48.337 + 0.259 14 3. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:48.370 + 0.292 12 4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:48.412 + 0.334 13 5. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:48.572 + 0.494 14 6. Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 1:48.620 + 0.542 14 7. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:48.668 + 0.590 12 8. Raffaele De Rosa Ktm 1:48.696 + 0.618 13 9. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:48.828 + 0.750 14 10. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:48.846 + 0.768 12 11. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:48.848 + 0.770 12 12. Tomoyoshi Koyama Ktm 1:48.852 + 0.774 12 13. Pablo Nieto Ktm 1:48.949 + 0.871 14 14. Danny Webb Aprilia 1:49.014 + 0.936 15 15. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:49.020 + 0.942 14 16. Dominique Aegerter Derbi 1:49.048 + 0.970 13 17. Joan Olive Derbi 1:49.270 + 1.192 12 18. Esteve Rabat Ktm 1:49.353 + 1.275 15 19. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:49.355 + 1.277 10 20. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:49.560 + 1.482 14 21. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:49.755 + 1.677 14 22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:49.884 + 1.806 13 23. Hugo Van Den Berg Aprilia 1:50.224 + 2.146 12 24. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:50.340 + 2.262 15 25. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:50.513 + 2.435 13 26. Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 1:50.739 + 2.661 13 27. Lorenzo Zanetti Ktm 1:50.902 + 2.824 13 28. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:50.942 + 2.864 14 29. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:51.634 + 3.556 11 30. Axel Pons Aprilia 1:51.927 + 3.849 14 31. Ivan Maestro Honda 1:52.070 + 3.992 13 32. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:52.263 + 4.185 14 33. Louis Rossi Honda 1:52.804 + 4.726 14 34. Daniel Saez Aprilia 1:53.171 + 5.093 12 35. Albert Moncayo Derbi 1:53.428 + 5.350 14 36. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:53.992 + 5.914 3
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