125cc: Talmacsi retains Sachsenring pole
Reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi retained pole position in the second qualifying session for the 125cc German Grand Prix
With five minutes of the half-hour session left, the Hungarian beat his provisional pole time of 1:27.623 with a 1:27.552 lap, and by the end of the running he remained the only one to improve on yesterday's pole.
The first riders to improve on their own best times set yesterday were Joan Olive and Bradley Smith, who did so after ten minutes had already gone by.
With around 12 minutes of the session left, as Mike di Meglio also started improving on his own time, Talmacsi shot to the top of today's timesheets, but still 0.074 slower than yesterday.
In the last ten minutes most riders managed to improve, and curiously yesterday's top five riders maintained their positions today, with Smith in second, less than one tenth behind Talmacsi, followed by Stefan Bradl, Simone Corsi, and Olive.
Championship leader di Meglio qualified sixth, ahead of Tomoyoshi Koyama, Raffaele de Rosa, Simone Cortese, and Esteve Rabat.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:27.552 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:27.645 + 0.093 3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:27.921 + 0.369 4. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:28.038 + 0.486 5. Joan Olive Derbi 1:28.045 + 0.493 6. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:28.123 + 0.571 7. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:28.363 + 0.811 8. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:28.410 + 0.858 9. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:28.465 + 0.913 10. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:28.499 + 0.947 11. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:28.535 + 0.983 12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:28.559 + 1.007 13. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:28.572 + 1.020 14. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:28.622 + 1.070 15. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:28.702 + 1.150 16. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:28.732 + 1.180 17. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:28.754 + 1.202 18. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:28.759 + 1.207 19. Marc Marquez KTM 1:28.831 + 1.279 20. Marcel Schrotter Aprilia 1:28.852 + 1.300 21. D.Agerter Derbi 1:28.870 + 1.318 22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:28.935 + 1.383 23. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:28.944 + 1.392 24. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:28.964 + 1.412 25. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:29.007 + 1.455 26. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:29.231 + 1.679 27. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:29.232 + 1.680 28. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:29.307 + 1.755 29. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:29.308 + 1.756 30. Marvin Fritz Seel 1:29.552 + 2.000 31. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:29.618 + 2.066 32. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:29.638 + 2.086 33. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:29.821 + 2.269 34. S.Kreuziger Honda 1:30.074 + 2.522 35. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 1:30.739 + 3.187 36. Eric Hubsch Aprilia 1:30.947 + 3.395 37. Tobias Siegert Aprilia 1:30.971 + 3.419 38. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 1:30.983 + 3.431 39. Louis Rossi Honda 1:31.308 + 3.756
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