News 3 Apr 2011

Bradl and Cortese top in Moto2 and 125GP qualifying at Jerez

German Stefan Bradl continued his form at Jerez with pole in Moto2.

German Stefan Bradl continued his form at Jerez with pole in Moto2.

Stefan Bradl followed up his first career Moto2 World Championship pole taken in round one at Qatar with a second at Jerez on Saturday ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.

The German, who won the opening round a fortnight ago, posted a best lap of 1:42.706 to finish 0.282s ahead of Yuki Takahashi (Gresini Racing), the only other rider under 1:43 in the session.

Thomas Lüthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) will complete the front row, with Marc Márquez heading up row two on his Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol machine which he crashed towards the end of the session.

Bradley Smith (Tech 3 Racing) and Alex de Angelis (JiR Moto2) took impressive second-row positions.

Completing the top ten in the QP session were Michele Pirro (Gresini Racing), Aleix Espargaró (Pons HP 40), Claudio Corti (Italtrans STR) and Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar).

Sandro Cortese secured pole for the 125 category with a fine late lap of 1:47.399 to beat Championship favourite and early standings leader Nico Terol (Bankia Aspar) to top spot in qualifying by 0.209s.

The Intact Racing Team Germany rider and his Spanish rival will be joined by Héctor Faubel (Bankia Aspar) on the front row.

Avant-AirAsia-Ajo pair Efrén Vázquez and Johann Zarco, along with Luis Salom (RW Racing) took second-row positions, with Jonas Folger (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport), Miguel Oliveira (Andalucia Banca Civica) and Danny Kent (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) all on the third row.

Alberto Moncayo (Andalucia Banca Civica) timed in tenth fastest, with Sergio Gadea (PEV-Blusens-SMX-Paris Hilton) 11th.

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