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Nico Terol takes sixth 125cc pole of the year in Indianapolis GP qualifying

Nico Terol dominated qualifying for the 125cc Indianapolis Grand Prix to take his sixth pole position of the season

The 22-year-old Spaiard hit the front for good at the midway point with a lap of 1m49.465s and then chipped away at his own mark on every subsequent tour, the Aspar Aprilia rider improving to a 1m48.199s time by the session's end.

For most of the 40 minutes, it appeared that Terol's closest challenger would be Danny Kent, who led early on and was a steady 0.5s adrift of the world championship leader.

Instead though, it was Kent's Ajo team-mate Johann Zarco who took his Derbi into second spot with a late effort to knock the British rider back.

Zarco could only look on, however, as Czech Grand Prix winner Sandro Cortese launched his Team Germany Aprilia into second right at the death and pushed Zarco and Maverick Vinales (Blusens Aprilia) back to third and fourth places.

Despite the closeness of the trio, they were all 0.720s or further back from Terol's pole time.

Kent still managed a career-best fifth on his Aprilia while Terol's veteran team-mate Hector Faubel was next up, ahead of Efren Vazquez (Ajo Derbi), Jonas Folger (Ajo Aprilia), Sergio Gadea (Blusens Aprilia) and Alexis Masbou, who made the top 10 for the first time this year on his Caretta KTM.

There were crashes for Niklas Ajo (TT Aprilia), Zulfahmi Khairuddin and Harry Stafford (Ongetta Aprilia), who will start 15th, 19th and 30th. Danny Webb was another crasher in the final minute of the session on his Mahindra.

Pos  Rider                  Team/Bike           Time       Gap
 1.  Nico Terol             Aspar Aprilia       1m48.199s  
 2.  Sandro Cortese         Germany Aprilia     1m48.919s   + 0.720s
 3.  Johann Zarco           Ajo Derbi           1m48.939s   + 0.740s
 4.  Maverick Vinales       Blusens Aprilia     1m48.991s   + 0.792s
 5.  Danny Kent             Ajo Aprilia         1m49.256s   + 1.057s
 6.  Hector Faubel          Aspar Aprilia       1m49.324s   + 1.125s
 7.  Efren Vazquez          Ajo Derbi           1m49.490s   + 1.291s
 8.  Jonas Folger           Ajo Aprilia         1m49.608s   + 1.409s
 9.  Sergio Gadea           Blusens Aprilia     1m49.919s   + 1.720s
10.  Alexis Masbou          Caretta KTM         1m49.994s   + 1.795s
11.  Miguel Oliveira        Andalucia Aprilia   1m50.133s   + 1.934s
12.  Jakob Kornfeil         Ongetta Aprilia     1m50.345s   + 2.146s
13.  Simone Grotzki         Phonica Aprilia     1m50.549s   + 2.350s
14.  Adrian Martin          Aspar Aprilia       1m50.600s   + 2.401s
15.  Niklas Ajo             TT Motion Aprilia   1m50.604s   + 2.405s
16.  Luigi Morciano         Italia FMI Aprilia  1m50.859s   + 2.660s
17.  Marcel Schrotter       Mahindra            1m50.906s   + 2.707s
18.  Louis Rossi            Matteoni Aprilia    1m51.022s   + 2.823s
19.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin    Ajo Derbi           1m51.232s   + 3.033s
20.  Taylor Mackenzie       Phonica Aprilia     1m51.672s   + 3.473s
21.  Danny Webb             Mahindra            1m51.763s   + 3.564s
22.  Francesco Mauriello    WTR-Ten10 Aprilia   1m52.204s   + 4.005s
23.  Sturla Fagerhaug       WTR-Ten10 Aprilia   1m52.401s   + 4.202s
24.  Jasper Iwema           Ongetta Aprilia     1m52.498s   + 4.299s
25.  Alessandro Tonucci     Italia FMI Aprilia  1m52.661s   + 4.462s
26.  Joan Perello           Matteoni Aprilia    1m53.291s   + 5.092s
27.  Brad Binder            RW Aprilia          1m53.447s   + 5.248s
28.  Giulian Pedone         Phonica Aprilia     1m53.898s   + 5.699s
29.  Peter Sebestyen        Caretta KTM         1m53.992s   + 5.793s
30.  Harry Stafford         Ongetta Aprilia     1m55.623s   + 7.424s
31.  Alberto Moncayo        Andalucia Aprilia   No time

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