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Xavier Simeon pulled the surprise of the session with only a handful of seconds left when he claimed his first-ever Moto2 pole position at the Sachsenring circuit in Germany. The Belgian rider -- who had been lingering in 12th postion immediately prior to his fast lap -- relegated to second another surprise qualifier in Jordi Torres. Pol Espargaro completed front row, pleased that his chief rival, points leader Scott Redding (8th), could only manage the third row.
Results:
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff. / Prev. |
| 1 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | Kalex | 1'24.665 | |
| 2 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Suter | 1'24.678 | 0.013 / 0.013 |
| 3 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | Kalex | 1'24.704 | 0.039 / 0.026 |
| 4 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Suter | 1'24.840 | 0.175 / 0.136 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone CORSI | Speed Up | 1'24.858 | 0.193 / 0.018 |
| 6 | 60 | Julian SIMON | Kalex | 1'24.919 | 0.254 / 0.061 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Kalex | 1'24.931 | 0.266 / 0.012 |
| 8 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Kalex | 1'24.963 | 0.298 / 0.032 |
| 9 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | Kalex | 1'24.990 | 0.325 / 0.027 |
| 10 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | Speed Up | 1'25.032 | 0.367 / 0.042 |
| 11 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | Suter | 1'25.082 | 0.417 / 0.050 |
| 12 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | Suter | 1'25.095 | 0.430 / 0.013 |
| 13 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Kalex | 1'25.114 | 0.449 / 0.019 |
| 14 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | Suter | 1'25.291 | 0.626 / 0.177 |
| 15 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | Speed Up | 1'25.358 | 0.693 / 0.067 |
| 16 | 95 | Anthony WEST | Speed Up | 1'25.365 | 0.700 / 0.007 |
| 17 | 8 | Gino REA | FTR | 1'25.412 | 0.747 / 0.047 |
| 18 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | Suter | 1'25.466 | 0.801 / 0.054 |
| 19 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | Kalex | 1'25.490 | 0.825 / 0.024 |
| 20 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | Moriwaki | 1'25.610 | 0.945 / 0.120 |
| 21 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | Speed Up | 1'25.665 | 1.000 / 0.055 |
| 22 | 52 | Danny KENT | Tech 3 | 1'25.695 | 1.030 / 0.030 |
| 23 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | Kalex | 1'25.727 | 1.062 / 0.032 |
| 24 | 49 | Axel PONS | Kalex | 1'25.776 | 1.111 / 0.049 |
| 25 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | Suter | 1'25.884 | 1.219 / 0.108 |
| 26 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | Motobi | 1'26.011 | 1.346 / 0.127 |
| 27 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | Tech 3 | 1'26.154 | 1.489 / 0.143 |
| 28 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | Kalex | 1'26.465 | 1.800 / 0.311 |
| 29 | 9 | Kyle SMITH | Kalex | 1'26.593 | 1.928 / 0.128 |
| 30 | 44 | Steven ODENDAAL | Speed Up | 1'26.677 | 2.012 / 0.084 |
| 31 | 28 | Roman RAMOS | Speed Up | 1'26.721 | 2.056 / 0.044 |
| 32 | 92 | Alex MARIÑELARENA | Suter | 1'27.207 | 2.542 / 0.486 |
| 33 | 7 | Doni Tata PRADITA | Suter | 1'27.263 | 2.598 / 0.056 |
| 34 | 97 | Rafid Topan SUCIPTO | Speed Up | 1'28.814 | 4.149 / 1.551 |
Round Number:
8
2013
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french fries
The americans thinck fries are a french product, but actualy "french" fries are sort of the national meal of Belgium. Now We don't mind very much, but not everything Belgian may be seen as french : please give us back our rider and our pole position.
congrats to Xav btw !
Yep - he's certainly a
Yep - he's certainly a Belgian...
Sub-editor!
Fixed!
Belgian glory has been reinstated. Fantastic ride by Simeon, it's been coming for a while, and he deserves it.
1 second...
....covers 21 riders !!! Wow.
Hoping to see Scott come through for a better result than 8th.
3rd or 4th would be good.
Gino Rea - can I just salute
Gino Rea - can I just salute his efforts, completely private entry (he raises money through his website) and a brilliant effort - really hope he has a good 'un tomorrow.