Alvaro Takes Provision Pole In Wet Aussie QP1

Alvaro Bautista is on provisional 250cc pole after a wet opening qualifying session at Phillip Island for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.
Bati didn’t head the times until the final fifteen minutes, but when he got there he stayed there, taking provisional pole with eight minutes to go with a time of 1:43.873.
Classifications in full…

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time

1. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:43.839
2. Julian Simon KTM 1:44.223 + 0.384
3. Lukas Pesek Aprilia 1:44.244 + 0.405
4. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:44.503 + 0.664
5. Fabrizio Lai Gilera 1:44.666 + 0.827
6. Mika Kallio KTM 1:44.842 + 1.003
7. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:44.885 + 1.046
8. Alex Debon Aprilia 1:45.211 + 1.372
9. R. Locatelli Gilera 1:45.682 + 1.843
10. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:45.792 + 1.953
11. R. Wilairot Honda 1:45.914 + 2.075
12. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:46.077 + 2.238
13. Manuel Hernandez Aprilia 1:46.248 + 2.409
14. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:46.334 + 2.495
15. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:46.967 + 3.128
16. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:47.208 + 3.369
17. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:47.482 + 3.643
18. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:47.654 + 3.815
19. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:47.919 + 4.080
20. D. T. Pradita Yamaha 1:47.999 + 4.160
21. S. G. Giorgi Gilera 1:48.124 + 4.285

Not qualified (outside 107%):

Daniel Arcas Aprilia 1:58.615 +14.776
Chow Ho Wan Aprilia 2:04.557 +20.718

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