125cc: Terol dominates 125cc qualifying
Nico Terol looks well placed to continue his domination of the 125cc season after securing a commanding pole position at Estoril
The Aspar Aprilia rider has already taken two victories from two races so far this year, and was quickest in every practice session in Portugal this weekend.
Come qualifying it did not take Terol long to establish himself on provisional pole, with a final improvement on his last lap getting him to 1m46.556s - 0.7 seconds clear of the field.
In Terol's wake there was an exciting battle for the other front row positions between his Aspar team-mate Hector Faubel, Team Germany's Sandro Cortese and local favourite Miguel Oliveira.
Ultimately star rookie Oliveira lost out on second to Cortese, but held off Faubel to claim third and a maiden front-row start.
Oliveira's Alberto Moncayo took fifth, ahead of Johann Zarco, Luis Salom and Jonas Folger.
Young British rider Danny Kent had been second to Terol in the wet this morning but crashed at Turn 2 and ended up 23rd.
Countryman Taylor Mackenzie had a more violent crash at the same spot a few minutes earlier. After a few nervous moments as the pack dodged around his stranded bike, which had come to rest on the racing line, Mackenzie was able to limp away from the scene to get medical attention.
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap
1. Nicolas Terol Aspar Aprilia 1m46.556s
2. Sandro Cortese Germany Aprilia 1m47.270s + 0.714s
3. Miguel Oliveira Andalucia Aprilia 1m47.405s + 0.849s
4. Hector Faubel Aspar Aprilia 1m47.600s + 1.044s
5. Alberto Moncayo Andalucia Aprilia 1m47.750s + 1.194s
6. Johann Zarco Ajo Derbi 1m48.353s + 1.797s
7. Luis Salom RW Aprilia 1m48.498s + 1.942s
8. Jonas Folger Ajo Aprilia 1m48.557s + 2.001s
9. Efren Vazquez Ajo Derbi 1m48.594s + 2.038s
10. Adrian Martin Aspar Aprilia 1m48.639s + 2.083s
11. Maverick Vinales Blusens Aprilia 1m48.673s + 2.117s
12. Sergio Gadea Blusens Aprilia 1m48.936s + 2.380s
13. Louis Rossi Matteoni Aprilia 1m48.959s + 2.403s
14. Simone Grotzkyj Phonica Aprilia 1m49.237s + 2.681s
15. Zulfahmi Khairuddin Ajo Derbi 1m49.607s + 3.051s
16. Jakub Kornfeil Ongetta Aprilia 1m49.638s + 3.082s
17. Harry Stafford Ongetta Aprilia 1m50.090s + 3.534s
18. Danny Webb Mahindra 1m50.167s + 3.611s
19. Niklas Ajo TT Motion Aprilia 1m50.195s + 3.639s
20. Jasper Iwema Ongetta Aprilia 1m50.197s + 3.641s
21. Hiroki Ono Caretta KTM 1m50.433s + 3.877s
22. Luigi Morciano Italia Aprilia 1m50.559s + 4.003s
23. Danny Kent Ajo Aprilia 1m50.587s + 4.031s
24. Giulian Pedone Phonica Aprilia 1m50.875s + 4.319s
25. Joan Perello Matteoni Aprilia 1m51.608s + 5.052s
26. Taylor Mackenzie Phonica Aprilia 1m51.803s + 5.247s
27. Marcel Schrotter Mahindra 1m52.280s + 5.724s
28. Peter Sebestyen Caretta KTM 1m53.508s + 6.952s
29. Francesco Mauriello WTR-Ten10 Aprilia 1m53.740s + 7.184s
Did no qualify:
Kevin Hanus Hanusch Honda 1m54.875s + 8.319s
Sarath Kumar WTR-Ten10 Aprilia 1m55.530s + 8.974s
Alessandro Tonucci Italia Aprilia
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