125cc: Talmacsi retains pole at Misano
Gabor Talmacsi retained pole position - his third consecutive one - at Misano ahead of tomorrow's 125cc San Marino Grand Prix
The reigning champion from Hungary improved on the provisional pole he set yesterday by over four tenths of a second, to end up with a final time of 1:43.729.
With the 30-minute session already expired, Briton Bradley Smith snatched second on the grid, less than two tenths behind the other Aprilia of Talmacsi, and pushed down to third Derbi's Pol Espargaro, who had just managed his best lap a few seconds earlier.
Scott Redding (Aprilia), second in yesterday's session, was unable to improve his time today and had to settle for fourth, the last slot on the front row.
The second row will be headed by Aprilia's Simone Corsi, followed by championship leader Mike di Meglio on Derbi, Sandro Cortese on Aprilia, and Marc Marquez on the leading KTM.
The third row will see Nicolas Terol (Aprilia) starting from the ninth slot of the grid, ahead of Joan Olive on Derbi and the Aprilias of Stefan Bradl and Sergio Gadea.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:43.729 2. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:43.920 + 0.191 3. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:44.334 + 0.605 4. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:44.339 + 0.610 5. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:44.450 + 0.721 6. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:44.543 + 0.814 7. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:44.555 + 0.826 8. Marc Marquez KTM 1:44.668 + 0.939 9. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:44.706 + 0.977 10. Joan Olive Derbi 1:44.821 + 1.092 11. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:44.840 + 1.111 12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:45.033 + 1.304 13. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:45.082 + 1.353 14. Dominique Agerter Derbi 1:45.119 + 1.390 15. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:45.324 + 1.595 16. Riccardo Moretti Honda 1:45.370 + 1.641 17. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:45.394 + 1.665 18. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:45.418 + 1.689 19. Esteve Rabat KTM 1:45.539 + 1.810 20. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:45.566 + 1.837 21. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:45.607 + 1.878 22. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:45.641 + 1.912 23. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:46.017 + 2.288 24. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:46.099 + 2.370 25. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:46.136 + 2.407 26. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:46.278 + 2.549 27. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:46.310 + 2.581 28. Jonas Folger KTM 1:46.341 + 2.612 29. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:46.410 + 2.681 30. Gennaro Sabatino Aprilia 1:46.500 + 2.771 31. Gabriele Ferro Honda 1:46.559 + 2.830 32. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 1:46.670 + 2.941 33. Louis Rossi Honda 1:46.781 + 3.052 34. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:46.801 + 3.072 35. Adrian Martín Aprilia 1:47.023 + 3.294 36. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1:47.078 + 3.349 37. Randy Krummenacher KTM 1:47.100 + 3.371 38. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 1:47.863 + 4.134 39. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1:47.891 + 4.162
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