Valencia GP: 125cc Qualifying
A seventh pole position of the year was secured by Julián Simón, as the 125cc 2009 World Champion topped the qualifying practice timesheet.
Simón’s fastest lap of 1’41.472 placed him ahead of Simone Corsi (Fontana Racing), his Bancaja Aspar team-mate Bradley Smith and Red Bull KTM rider Marc Márquez, on the front row of the grid.
The second row will comprise Joan Olivé (Derbi Racing Team), Nico Terol (Jack & Jones Team), Marcel Schrotter (Toni – Mang Team) and Pol Espargaró (Derbi Racing Team), with Schrotter managing to overcome an early run-off to continue his impressive weekend by qualifying in seventh.
Scott Redding also experienced a spill in the final minute of the session but managed to qualify in ninth place, with Sandro Cortese (Ajo Interwetten) completing the top ten.
With the return to Europe for the final round of the season, Sunday’s races at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit take place at the regular times of 11am in the 125cc class, 12.15pm in the 250cc category and 2pm for MotoGP.
Pos Rider Bike Time Laps
1. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m41.472s 18
2. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m41.476s + 0.004s 20
3. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m41.830s + 0.358s 21
4. Marc Marquez KTM 1m41.991s + 0.519s 19
5. Joan Olive Derbi 1m42.033s + 0.561s 21
6. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m42.092s + 0.620s 18
7. Marcel Schrotter Honda 1m42.111s + 0.639s 21
8. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m42.162s + 0.690s 19
9. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m42.233s + 0.761s 17
10. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m42.246s + 0.774s 19
11. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m42.307s + 0.835s 19
12. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m42.495s + 1.023s 17
13. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m42.556s + 1.084s 17
14. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m42.648s + 1.176s 13
15. R.Krummenacher Aprilia 1m42.767s + 1.295s 18
16. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m42.769s + 1.297s 18
17. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m42.823s + 1.351s 20
18. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m42.874s + 1.402s 16
19. D.Agerter Derbi 1m42.913s + 1.441s 19
20. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m42.948s + 1.476s 18
21. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m43.176s + 1.704s 20
22. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m43.441s + 1.969s 19
23. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1m43.691s + 2.219s 19
24. Luis Salom Aprilia 1m44.081s + 2.609s 15
25. Jasper Iwema Honda 1m44.247s + 2.775s 19
26. Joan Perello Honda 1m44.264s + 2.792s 19
27. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1m44.267s + 2.795s 18
28. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m44.284s + 2.812s 3
29. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m44.326s + 2.854s 18
30. Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 1m44.634s + 3.162s 18
31. Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 1m44.979s + 3.507s 21
32. Ivan Maestro Aprilia 1m45.136s + 3.664s 19
33. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m45.530s + 4.058s 18
34. Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 1m45.575s + 4.103s 19
35. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m47.151s + 5.679s 19
