250: Simoncelli on pole at Brno.
Reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli took his third pole po♛sition of the season on his very last lap of qualifyingꦉ at Brno on Saturday.
World championship leader Hiroshi Aoyama had benefitted from a tow by Hector Barbera to knock Simoncelli from the top as the session came to a close, but Simoncelli responded in style on his final lap - despite a close encounter with Alex Debon - to retake pole from the Scot Hoওnda rider by 0.350sec.
Reigning🌺 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli took his third pol🦩e position of the season on his very last lap of qualifying at Brno on Saturday.
World championship leader Hiroshi Aoyama had benefitted from a tow by Hector Barbera to knock Simoncelli from🌺 the top as the session came to a close, but Simoncelli responded in style on his final lap - despite a close encounter with Alex Debon - to retake pole from the Scot Honda rider by 0.350sec.
Barbera, fastest in Friday prac🌄tice, was a further tenth behind for Pepe World Aprilia, with Debon completing a front row covered by 0.775sec. Reigning 125cc world champion Mike di Meglio w✤ill head row two for Aspar Aprilia.
di Meglio's team-mate and championship contender Alvaro Bautista, who will st⛄art round ten 15 points behind Aoyama, crashed out at the same corner where Valentino Rossi fell in the MotoGP se🐭ssion with three minutes to go. The Aspar Aprilia rider will start eighth on the grid.
Qualifying - Brno:
1. Simoncelli (Gilera) 2min 1.611sec
2. Aoyama (Honda) +0.350sec
3. Barbera (Aprilia) +0.453sec
4. Debon (Aprilia) +0.775sec
5. di Meglio (Aprilia) +0.815sec
6. Locatelli (Gilera) +0.932sec
7. Pasini (Aprilia) +0.950sec
8. Bautista (Aprilia) +1.137sec
9. de Rosa (Honda) +1.157sec
10. Abraham (Aprilia) +1.200sec
Markham (Aprilia) no time
Pet♛er has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
