"I dedicate this result to my whole team"
The first pole of the 2006 season goes to Mattia Pasini of the Master Aspar team.

He has qualifyed on top after an an exciting battle with Lukas Pesek (Derbi) in the last few laps of the final qualifying session. After a hard duel between the pair Pasini is able to edge ahead past the Derbi rider, and takes the first pole of the year with a time of 1`46.937.

"I am afraid for Lukas," said Pasini after the end of the qualifying session, "even though I was following, I did not want stop him doing well. I too found myself also in a little bit of traffic first."

"I am happy to have the first pole of the season, for sure if you could win points for gaining the pole position then I would be even happier! I dedicate this result to my whole team who have worked really well now, and also in winter testing."

To be on pole position on the grid at the first race of the season, is thanks in part also to the Aprilia bike. With six of the top ten places filled by Aprilia riders, it is a dominant display from the Italian manufacturer. One will have also to watch out for Alvarò Bautista, a local rider with a lot of home support at this circuit.

In the second row with the fifth fastest time is Hector Fabuel (1`49.390) he is another rider for the Master Aspar team, and together with Sergio Gardea props up the second row with the eighth fastest time of the day, one second behind the pole of Pasini.


On the third row is Pablo Nieto (Multimedia Racing) Joan Olive (SSM Racing), Raffaele De Rosa (Multimedia Racing) in ninth, tenth and twelveth places respectively. The fourth row has Angel Rodriguez (3C Racing) in fourteenth place and Andrea Iannone (Ticino Hosting Campetella) in sixteenth place.

On the fifth row there is Lorenzo Zanetti (Skille I.S.P.A) in nineteenth position, and finally on the sixth row, two seconds off the pole is Federico Sandi (SSM Racing) in 24th position.

Today the 125 riders line up for the first race of the 2006 season, commencing at 11.30am.

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