Moto2: Barbera grabs provisional pole

The Spaniard was toppled from the head of the time sheets by Mattia Pasini with five minutes to go, but gathered himself for a final charge and reclaimed the position by a tenth of a second.

Alvaro Bautista was another to improve at the end of the session, taking third place away from Marco Simoncelli. He was was just a fraction shy of beating Pasini as well.

Swiss Thomas Luthi held the top spot for much of the session but had to make do with fifth place in the end. Mika Kallio was the top KTM rider in sixth place, but he was nearly half a second slower than Luthi.

Expected front runner Hiroshi Aoyama had a disappointing session and, despite running third initially, ended up only ninth fastest on his KTM.

Pos  Rider             Make     Time
 1.  Hector Barbera    Aprilia  1:59.739
 2.  Mattia Pasini     Aprilia  1:59.863 + 0.124
 3.  Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia  1:59.880 + 0.141
 4.  Marco Simoncelli  Gilera   1:59.977 + 0.238
 5.  Thomas Luthi      Aprilia  2:00.108 + 0.369
 6.  Mika Kallio       KTM      2:00.557 + 0.818
 7.  Alex Debon        Aprilia  2:00.639 + 0.900
 8.  R.Locatelli       Gilera   2:00.737 + 0.998
 9.  Hiroshi Aoyama    KTM      2:00.865 + 1.126
10.  Yuki Takahashi    Honda    2:00.881 + 1.142
11.  Aleix Espargaró   Aprilia  2:01.026 + 1.287
12.  Julian Simon      KTM      2:01.147 + 1.408
13.  Lukas Pesek       Aprilia  2:01.215 + 1.476
14.  Karel Abraham     Aprilia  2:01.549 + 1.810
15.  Hector Faubel     Aprilia  2:01.672 + 1.933
16.  Fabrizio Lai      Gilera   2:01.724 + 1.985
17.  Manuel Poggiali   Gilera   2:02.054 + 2.315
18.  Alex Baldolini    Aprilia  2:02.157 + 2.418
19.  R.Wilairot        Honda    2:02.847 + 3.108
20.  Imre Toth         Aprilia  2:03.538 + 3.799
21.  Eugene Laverty    Aprilia  2:03.557 + 3.818
22.  Manuel Hernandez  Aprilia  2:04.737 + 4.998
23.  D.T.Pradita       Yamaha   2:05.788 + 6.049