Estoril MotoGP: Mattia Pasini takes provisional pole for 125 MotoGP race

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Aprilia’s Mattia Pasini grabbed provisional pole for Sunday’s 125 MotoGP in the last few minutes from Gabor Talmacsi.

The Italian recorded a best time of 1:45.115 two laps before heading in to the pits at the end of the session. He improved on his best time from this morning’s free practice by 0.8secs.

Hungary’s Gabor Talmacsi finished up in provisional second with his best of 1:45.466

Finishing off the Aprilia top three was Sergio Gadea with the Spaniard recording a best time of 1:45.497.

Honda rider Bradley Smith was the fastest of the two British riders in 19th position with his fastest lap recorded at 1:46.772. Danny Webb was 28th with his best time of 1:48.197 knocking more than a second off his fastest time this morning.

Estoril MotoGP 125 qualifying one results:

1 Mattia PASINI ITA APRILIA 1’45.115 
2 Gabor TALMACSI HUN APRILIA 1’45.466 
3 Sergio GADEA SPA APRILIA 1’45.497 
4 Lukas PESEK CZE DERBI 1’46.068 
5 Joan OLIVE SPA APRILIA 1’46.073 
6 Pol ESPARGARO SPA APRILIA 1’46.080 
7 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN KTM 1’46.178 
8 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA APRILIA 1’46.232 
9 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA HONDA 1’46.255 
10 Sandro CORTESE GER APRILIA 1’46.309 
11 Simone CORSI ITA APRILIA 1’46.353 
12 Nicolas TEROL SPA DERBI 1’46.365 
13 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI KTM 1’46.373 
14 Michael RANSEDER AUT DERBI 1’46.374 
15 Andrea IANNONE ITA APRILIA 1’46.490 
16 Stefan BRADL GER APRILIA 1’46.539 
17 Hector FAUBEL SPA APRILIA 1’46.725 
18 Pablo NIETO SPA APRILIA 1’46.756 
19 Bradley SMITH GBR HONDA 1’46.772 
20 Esteve RABAT SPA HONDA 1’46.862 
21 Alexis MASBOU FRA HONDA 1’47.098 
22 Dominique AEGERTER SWI APRILIA 1’47.121 
23 Stefano BIANCO ITA APRILIA 1’47.267 
24 Roberto TAMBURINI ITA APRILIA 1’47.507 
25 Joey LITJENS NED HONDA 1’47.539 
26 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA APRILIA 1’47.710 
27 Pere TUTUSAUS SPA APRILIA 1’48.003 
28 Danny WEBB GBR HONDA 1’48.197 
29 Dino LOMBARDI ITA HONDA 1’48.327 
30 Robert MURESAN ROU DERBI 1’48.642 
31 Stevie BONSEY USA KTM 1’48.651 
32 Federico SANDI ITA APRILIA 1’48.664 
33 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA APRILIA 1’48.697 
34 Louis ROSSI FRA HONDA 1’50.393 
35 Ricard CARDUS SPA APRILIA 1’50.854 
Not qualified  (Out 107%)   1’52.473 
 Ivo RELVAS  APRILIA 1’54.196 

 

Sarah Carnell

By Sarah Carnell