Talmacsi continues impressive form in 125s

Current 125 championship leader Gabor Talmacsi continued his run of good form this morning in Shanghai by posting the fastest time.

The Hungarian Aprilia rider recorded a time of 2:14.777 just a fraction ahead of Italian Mattia Pasini who went round in 2:14.801.

Third fastest in this morning’s session was winner of the opening race in Qatar, Hector Fabel. The Spanish man set his quickest lap at 2:14.937.

Oxford’s Bradley Smith was down in ninth place on his Honda after posted a time of 2:15.852.

Free practice one results:

1 Gabor TALMACSI HUN APRILIA 2’14.777
2 Mattia PASINI ITA APRILIA 2’14.801
3 Hector FAUBEL SPA APRILIA 2’14.937
4 Lukas PESEK CZE DERBI 2’14.960
5 Joan OLIVE SPA APRILIA 2’15.106
6 Simone CORSI ITA APRILIA 2’15.579
7 Pablo NIETO SPA APRILIA 2’15.782
8 Alexis MASBOU FRA HONDA 2’15.791
9 Bradley SMITH GBR HONDA 2’15.852
10 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN KTM 2’15.855
11 Nicolas TEROL SPA DERBI 2’15.942
12 Michael RANSEDER AUT DERBI 2’16.159
13 Esteve RABAT SPA HONDA 2’16.300
14 Federico SANDI ITA APRILIA 2’16.659
15 Sandro CORTESE GER APRILIA 2’16.717
16 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA HONDA 2’16.768
17 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA APRILIA 2’16.973
18 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA APRILIA 2’17.719
19 Joey LITJENS NED HONDA 2’17.835
20 Stefano BIANCO ITA APRILIA 2’18.017
21 Andrea IANNONE ITA APRILIA 2’18.044
22 Sergio GADEA SPA APRILIA 2’18.073
23 Dino LOMBARDI ITA HONDA 2’18.450
24 Daniel WEBB GBR HONDA 2’18.491
25 Robert MURESAN ROU DERBI 2’19.261
26 Pol ESPARGARO SPA APRILIA 2’19.319
27 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI KTM 2’19.386
28 Steve BONSEY USA KTM 2’20.824
29 Roberto TAMBURINI ITA APRILIA 2’21.819
30 Dominique AEGERTER SWI APRILIA 2’22.274
31 Hugo VAN DEN BERG NED APRILIA 2’22.563
32 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA APRILIA 2’59.901