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Smith struggles to 13th with set-up problems

18/08/07

Britain's Bradley Smith looked set to have an appalling second qualifying session at Brno this afternoon as set-up problems with his Repsol Honda meant he was struggling to make it turn through fast corners.

The Oxfordshire 16-year-old had dropped as far down as 21st on the grid as he tried to fix the problem. He came out with three minutes to go and managed to jump to 13th place with 2'09.375.

Gabor Talmasci set pole by blitzing the track's current pole position by one second and finished half a second in front of Hector Faubel. Mattia Pasini is third and Tomi Koyama rounds out the front row.

Danny Webb ended the session in 32nd but he sat out the first 10 minutes, presumably with technical problems.

Qualifying practice - conditions dry

1 14 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Bancaja Aspar APRILIA 2'06.861
2 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bancaja Aspar APRILIA 2'07.402
3 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Polaris World APRILIA 2'07.429
4 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 2'08.155
5 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Valsir Seedorf Derbi DERBI 2'08.200
6 34 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 2'08.421
7 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Bancaja Aspar APRILIA 2'08.578
8 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia APRILIA 2'08.614
9 22 Pablo NIETO SPA Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 2'08.694
10 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Belson Campetella Aprilia APRILIA 2'08.712
11 60 Michael RANSEDER AUT Ajo Motorsport DERBI 2'08.952
12 24 Simone CORSI ITA Skilled Racing Team APRILIA 2'08.955
13 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Repsol Honda 125cc HONDA 2'09.375
14 20 Roberto TAMBURINI ITA Team Sicilia APRILIA 2'09.392
15 7 Alexis MASBOU FRA FFM Honda GP 125 HONDA 2'09.463
16 6 Joan OLIVE SPA Polaris World APRILIA 2'09.652
17 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA WTR No Alcol Team APRILIA 2'09.726
18 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Repsol Honda 125cc HONDA 2'09.729
19 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Kopron Team Scot HONDA 2'09.734
20 8 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA Team Sicilia APRILIA 2'09.845
21 15 Federico SANDI ITA Skilled Racing Team APRILIA 2'09.847
22 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'10.055
23 95 Robert MURESAN ROU Ajo Motorsport DERBI 2'10.328
24 27 Stefano BIANCO ITA WTR No Alcol Team APRILIA 2'10.477
25 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Valsir Seedorf Derbi DERBI 2'10.546
26 56 Hugo VAN DEN BERG NED Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 2'10.598
27 51 Steve BONSEY USA Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 2'10.786
28 37 Joey LITJENS NED De Graaf Grand Prix HONDA 2'10.820
29 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'11.121
30 86 Ricard CARDUS SPA Racc Aprilia APRILIA 2'11.176
31 94 Toni WIRSING GER Honda Schumann Reisen HONDA 2'11.808
32 99 Daniel WEBB GBR De Graaf Grand Prix HONDA 2'11.933
33 53 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'11.942
34 13 Dino LOMBARDI ITA Kopron Team Scot HONDA 2'13.359
35 93 Michal PRASEK CZE Rohac & Fetja HONDA 2'13.786
36 91 Karel MAJEK CZE FGR 07 TEAM FGR 2'15.108
37 92 Karel PESEK CZE Intermoto Czech APRILIA 2'15.723

Free practice two - conditions dry

1 14 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Bancaja Aspar APRILIA 2'07.966
2 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Polaris World APRILIA 2'08.733
3 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Bancaja Aspar APRILIA 2'08.744
4 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia APRILIA 2'08.822
5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Belson Campetella Aprilia APRILIA 2'08.929
6 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Valsir Seedorf Derbi DERBI 2'09.082
7 24 Simone CORSI ITA Skilled Racing Team APRILIA 2'09.183
8 34 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 2'09.463
9 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bancaja Aspar APRILIA 2'09.479
10 60 Michael RANSEDER AUT Ajo Motorsport DERBI 2'09.499
11 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Repsol Honda 125cc HONDA 2'09.653
12 22 Pablo NIETO SPA Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 2'09.887
13 95 Robert MURESAN ROU Ajo Motorsport DERBI 2'09.898
14 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 2'09.934
15 6 Joan OLIVE SPA Polaris World APRILIA 2'10.095
16 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Repsol Honda 125cc HONDA 2'10.503
17 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'10.687
18 15 Federico SANDI ITA Skilled Racing Team APRILIA 2'10.898
19 56 Hugo VAN DEN BERG NED Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 2'10.906
20 20 Roberto TAMBURINI ITA Team Sicilia APRILIA 2'10.930
21 51 Steve BONSEY USA Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 2'10.959
22 7 Alexis MASBOU FRA FFM Honda GP 125 HONDA 2'11.197
23 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Kopron Team Scot HONDA 2'11.212
24 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA WTR No Alcol Team APRILIA 2'11.372
25 8 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA Team Sicilia APRILIA 2'11.583
26 86 Ricard CARDUS SPA Racc Aprilia APRILIA 2'12.110
27 37 Joey LITJENS NED De Graaf Grand Prix HONDA 2'12.125
28 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Valsir Seedorf Derbi DERBI 2'12.130
29 13 Dino LOMBARDI ITA Kopron Team Scot HONDA 2'12.437
30 99 Daniel WEBB GBR De Graaf Grand Prix HONDA 2'12.723
31 94 Toni WIRSING GER Honda Schumann Reisen HONDA 2'13.074
32 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'13.235
33 27 Stefano BIANCO ITA WTR No Alcol Team APRILIA 2'13.456
34 53 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'13.913
35 93 Michal PRASEK CZE Rohac & Fetja HONDA 2'14.803
36 91 Karel MAJEK CZE FGR 07 TEAM FGR 2'16.589
37 92 Karel PESEK CZE Intermoto Czech APRILIA 2'17.236