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Final 250cc Grand Prix Qualifying Results:

1. Randy De Puniet, Aprilia, 1:47.117
2. Manuel Poggiali, Aprilia, 1:47.284
3. Toni Elias, Aprilia, 1:47.551
4. Franco Battaini, Aprilia, 1:47.904
5. Sebastian Porto, Honda, 1:48.022
6. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia, 1:48.122
7. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha, 1:48.133
8. Roberto Rolfo, Honda, 1:48.891
9. Anthony West, Aprilia, 1:48.892
10. Sylvain Guintoli, Aprilia, 1:49.126
11. Hugo Marchand, Aprilia, 1:49.294
12. Klaus Nohles, Aprilia, 1:49.404
13. Johan Stigefelt, Aprilia, 1:49.442
14. Joan Olive, Aprilia, 1:49.708
15. Erwan Nigon, Aprilia, 1:49.713
16. Hector Faubel, Aprilia, 1:49.824
17. Alex Debon, Honda, 1:49.832
18. Eric Bataille, Honda, 1:49.906
19. Christian Gemmel, Honda, 1:50.546
20. Chaz Davies, Aprilia, 1:50.712

26. Katja Poensgen, Honda, 1:53.222


MS Aprilia Team Press Information:

A GOOD SECOND PLACE

Stifling hot in Barcellona for the second qualifying session on Montmelò circuit. Today the track is very slippery and it’s not easy to find the right point of reference for the choice of the tyres. But Manuel Poggiali worked hard with his team especially for this reason finding a good set up for the race. Manuel has been very fast as well improving his yesterdays lap time. The San Marino rider will start from the second position.

Manuel Poggiali: “Today we worked well and we found a better setting for my bike. Unfortunately this track is full of potholes and it’s difficult to find the right choice for the tyres. So there’s no problem for the first 4/5 laps then the tyres start to slide and I lost the feeling with the bike. Anyway I found a good solution and during the warm up I will push for a couple of laps to check the duration of the tyres. Even in the temperature is higher than yesterday I improved my lap time: this means that we are working in the right way”: