Brit smith tops first Turkey 125 practice
Bradley Smith made a perfect start to the Turkish GP in Istanbul today (Friday) when he topped the 125 timesheets in the opening free practice session.
The Repsol Honda rider clocked the best time of 2.14.909 on his 17th and last lap as he beat world title contender Gabor Talmacsi by 0.421s on a damp and cold track.
Track temperatures peaked at just eight degrees while most of the circuit was still damp following heavy overnight rain.
The cold and wet conditions saw lap times 11 seconds off record pace, though Smith was in impressive form throughout and was hardly outside of the top three times in the opening session.
Current joint leader of the British 125 championship Kevin Coghlan was 20th fastest as he stands in for injured French rider Mike di Meglio on the Scot Racing Team Honda.
Danny Webb was 30th fastest.
First practice results:
1. Bradley SMITH Repsol Honda 125cc 2’14.909
2. Gabor TALMACSI Bancaja Aspar 2’15.330
3. Simone CORSI Skilled Racing Team 2’15.828
4. Lorenzo ZANETTI Team Sicilia 2’16.470
5. Raffaele DE ROSA Multimedia Racing 2’16.668
6. Hector FAUBEL Bancaja Aspar 2’16.741
7. Mattia PASINI Polaris World 2’17.058
8. Michael RANSEDER Ajo Motorsport 2’17.080
9. Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar 2’17.186
10. Esteve RABAT Repsol Honda 125cc 2’17.196
11. Joan OLIVE Polaris World 2’17.442
12. Tomoyoshi KOYAMA Red Bull KTM 125 2’17.543
13. Nicolas TEROL Valsir Seedorf Derbi 2’17.668
14. Joey LITJENS De Graaf Grand Prix 2’17.934
15. Lukas PESEK Valsir Seedorf Derbi 2’18.137
16. Dino LOMBARDI Scot Racing Team 2’18.531
17. Robert MURESAN Ajo Motorsport 2’18.809
18. Alexis MASBOU FFM Honda GP 125 2’18.884
19. Roberto TAMBURINI Team Sicilia 2’18.907
20. Kevin COGHLAN Scot Racing Team 2’18.963
21. Andrea IANNONE WTR Team 2’19.328
22. Simone GROTZKYJ Multimedia Racing 2’19.567
23. Sandro CORTESE Emmi – Caffe Latte Aprilia 2’19.722
24. Alen GYORFI Superbike Guorsasagi M.S.E. 2’19.808
25. Randy KRUMMENACHER Red Bull KTM 125 2’20.071
26. Pol ESPARGARO Belson Campetella Aprilia 2’20.127
27. Federico SANDI Skilled Racing Team 2’20.293
28. Pablo NIETO Blusens Aprilia 2’20.592
29. Steve BONSEY Red Bull KTM 125 2’20.868
30. Daniel WEB De Graaf Grand Prix 2’22.058
31. Stefano BIANCO WTR Team 2’22.255
32. Dominique AEGERTER Multimedia Racing 2’23.961
33. Tobias SIEGERT ADAC Nordbayern E.V. 2’24.714
34. Hugo VAN DEN BERG Blusens Aprilia 2’33.122
35. Nikolett KOVACS Cemelog-Hanusch 2’38.119