125cc: Gadea retains pole in France
Sergio Gadea retained pole position after the final 125cc qualifying session at Le Mans, as yesterday's provisional front row was completely confirmed today
Gadea did not improve on the time he set yesterday, and was in fact almost one second slower today, but his time of 1:43.515 set in the first qualifying session kept him in first spot.
Briton Bradley Smith, who went within 0.025 seconds of that time today, will start the race from second. Smith was the only front row rider improving on the time he set yesterday.
Stefan Bradl and Simone Corsi did not improve on their times today and will retain their third and fourth spots on the grid.
Sandro Cortese's second fastest time today was enough to qualify him in fifth, ahead of the first non-Aprilia bike of Mike di Meglio, who did not improve today after losing his Derbi and crashing it on the front straight with 12 minutes of the session to go.
Nicolas Terol qualified seventh, ahead of Gabor Talmacsi in eighth, Esteve Rabat in ninth, and Pol Espargaro in tenth.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:43.515 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:43.540 + 0.025 3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:43.710 + 0.195 4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:43.711 + 0.196 5. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:43.811 + 0.296 6. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:43.956 + 0.441 7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:44.116 + 0.601 8. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:44.210 + 0.695 9. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:44.344 + 0.829 10. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:44.485 + 0.970 11. Joan Olive Derbi 1:44.532 + 1.017 12. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:44.793 + 1.278 13. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:44.852 + 1.337 14. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:44.864 + 1.349 15. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:44.874 + 1.359 16. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:44.893 + 1.378 17. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:44.945 + 1.430 18. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:45.006 + 1.491 19. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:45.152 + 1.637 20. Marc Marquez KTM 1:45.250 + 1.735 21. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:45.268 + 1.753 22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:45.273 + 1.758 23. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:45.361 + 1.846 24. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:45.454 + 1.939 25. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:45.541 + 2.026 26. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:45.864 + 2.349 27. D.Agerter Derbi 1:46.015 + 2.500 28. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:46.140 + 2.625 29. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:46.416 + 2.901 30. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:46.569 + 3.054 31. Steven Le Coquen Honda 1:46.645 + 3.130 32. Cyril Carrillo Honda 1:47.185 + 3.670 33. Robin Lässer Aprilia 1:47.259 + 3.744 34. Louis Rossi Honda 1:47.330 + 3.815 35. Gioele Pellino Loncin 1:47.371 + 3.856 36. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1:47.854 + 4.339 37. Valentin Debise KTM 1:48.298 + 4.783 38. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 1:50.021 + 6.506
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