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125cc: Di Meglio takes safe pole

Championship leader Mike di Meglio has taken pole position for tomorrow's 125cc race at the Motegi circuit in Japan

Di Meglio took the place with four minutes remaining, improving on his own effort from ten minutes earlier as riders went seconds faster than yesterday on a dry track.

Alongside him on the front row will be Stefan Bradl, who set his time in the final minute of the session, with Nicolas Terol and Simone Cortese who also set their times in the closing minutes completing the front row.

Reigning 125cc world champion Gabor Talmacsi ended the session fifth fastest, despite never really looking in contention for pole position. Briton Scott Redding, Dominique Aegerter and Pol Espargaro complete the second row.

After setting provisional pole in yesterday's first qualifying session and showing speed early in today's session, Spaniard Joan Olive will start from twelfth position, just over a second off di Meglio's pole effort.

However, he is three places better off than di Meglio's closest championship rival, Simone Corsi, who will start from fifteenth.

Pos  Rider               Bike     Time
 1.  Mike Di Meglio      Derbi    1:58.678
 2.  Stefan Bradl        Aprilia  1:59.059  + 0.381
 3.  Nicolas Terol       Aprilia  1:59.104  + 0.426
 4.  Sandro Cortese      Aprilia  1:59.132  + 0.454
 5.  Gabor Talmacsi      Aprilia  1:59.179  + 0.501
 6.  Scott Redding       Aprilia  1:59.351  + 0.673
 7.  Dominique Aegerter  Derbi    1:59.463  + 0.785
 8.  Pol Espargaro       Derbi    1:59.562  + 0.884
 9.  Andrea Iannone      Aprilia  1:59.565  + 0.887
10.  Sergio Gadea        Aprilia  1:59.695  + 1.017
11.  Tomoyoshi Koyama    KTM      1:59.739  + 1.061
12.  Joan Olive          Derbi    1:59.756  + 1.078
13.  Marc Marquez        KTM      1:59.783  + 1.105
14.  Bradley Smith       Aprilia  1:59.784  + 1.106
15.  Simone Corsi        Aprilia  1:59.919  + 1.241
16.  Efren Vazquez       Aprilia  1:59.956  + 1.278
17.  Stevie Bonsey       Aprilia  2:00.112  + 1.434
18.  Danny Webb          Aprilia  2:00.125  + 1.447
19.  Raffaele De Rosa    KTM      2:00.404  + 1.726
20.  Takaaki Nakagami    Aprilia  2:00.434  + 1.756
21.  Esteve Rabat        KTM      2:01.121  + 2.443
22.  Alexis Masbou       Loncin   2:01.247  + 2.569
23.  Lorenzo Zanetti     KTM      2:01.279  + 2.601
24.  Michael Ranseder    Aprilia  2:01.395  + 2.717
25.  Robin Lasser        Aprilia  2:01.458  + 2.780
26.  Iori Namihira       Honda    2:01.944  + 3.266
27.  Hiroomi Iwata       Honda    2:01.946  + 3.268
28.  Pablo Nieto         KTM      2:02.000  + 3.322
29.  Adrian Martin       Aprilia  2:02.069  + 3.391
30.  Marco Ravaioli      Aprilia  2:02.148  + 3.470
31.  Jonas Folger        KTM      2:02.270  + 3.592
32.  Yuuichi Yanagisawa  Honda    2:02.488  + 3.810
33.  Robert Muresan      Aprilia  2:02.656  + 3.978
34.  Kazuma Watanabe     Honda    2:02.708  + 4.030
35.  Hiroki Ono          Honda    2:02.833  + 4.155
36.  Jules Cluzel        Loncin   2:03.058  + 4.380
37.  Cyril Carrillo      Honda    2:03.426  + 4.748
38.  Hugo Van Den Berg   Aprilia  2:03.494  + 4.816
39.  Bastien Chesaux     Aprilia  2:04.091  + 5.413

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