125cc: Corsi takes maiden pole at Estoril
Championship leader Simone Corsi took his maiden pole position for tomorrow's 125cc Portuguese Grand Prix
The Jack & Jones rider shot to the top of the timesheets midway through the 30-minute session with a lap of 1:46.083, and later improved on it twice, with his final time being a 1:45.367.
Steve Bonsey qualified second, a quarter of a second behind the Italian. The American Degraaf GP rider was followed by Spain's Nicolas Terol (Jack & Jones) and Briton Danny Webb (Degraaf GP) completing the front row.
Bancaja Aspar's Sergio Gadea will start the race from fifth spot, ahead of Belson Derbi's Joan Olive, Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing's Stefan Bradl and Ajo Motorsport's Mike di Meglio.
The Frenchman suffered a crash at the chicane that saw him carried out of the gravel on a stretcher. While attempting to overtake another rider, di Meglio hit Spain's Ivan Maestro, who was going very slow near the racing line.
Starting from the third row will be reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi, along with Scott Redding, Tomoyoshi Koyama, and Andrea Iannone.
Briton Bradley Smith, who started the last two races from pole, will have to be content with the 13th slot on the grid.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:45.367 2. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:45.621 + 0.254 3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:45.622 + 0.255 4. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:45.782 + 0.415 5. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:45.808 + 0.441 6. Joan Olive Derbi 1:45.854 + 0.487 7. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:46.026 + 0.659 8. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:46.144 + 0.777 9. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:46.158 + 0.791 10. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:46.329 + 0.962 11. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:46.448 + 1.081 12. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:46.491 + 1.124 13. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:46.523 + 1.156 14. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:46.622 + 1.255 15. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:46.679 + 1.312 16. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:46.736 + 1.369 17. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:46.860 + 1.493 18. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:47.016 + 1.649 19. Daniel Agerter Derbi 1:47.133 + 1.766 20. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:47.293 + 1.926 21. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:47.300 + 1.933 22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:47.628 + 2.261 23. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:47.717 + 2.350 24. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:47.724 + 2.357 25. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:47.734 + 2.367 26. Marc Marquez KTM 1:47.817 + 2.450 27. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:47.953 + 2.586 28. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:47.971 + 2.604 29. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:48.495 + 3.128 30. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:48.840 + 3.473 31. Ivan Maestro Aprilia 1:49.355 + 3.988 32. Axel Pons Aprilia 1:49.669 + 4.302 33. Dino Lombardi Aprilia 1:49.690 + 4.323 34. Cyril Carrillo Honda 1:49.809 + 4.442 35. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1:51.657 + 6.290 36. Karel Pesek Aprilia 1:50.687 + 5.320 37. Louis Rossi Honda
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