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Saturday, 3rd May 2008

Alvaro Bautista took his second 250cc pole position of the season by a confident 0.435secs at Shanghai on Saturday.

Fellow Spaniard Hector Barbera will start second on the grid, with championship leader Mika Kallio slipping to third after a fall in the closing seconds of the session.

Julian Simon completes a front row split equally between Aprilia and KTM, with Marco Simoncelli heading row two for Gilera. Second in the championship Mattia Pasini will start from seventh.


Final qualifying - Shanghai:

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1. Bautista (Aprilia)
2. Barbera (Aprilia) +0.435secs
3. Kallio (KTM) +0.520secs
4. Simon (KTM) +0.769secs
5. Simoncelli (Gilera) +0.842secs
6. Luthi (Aprilia) +0.971secs
7. Pasini (Aprilia) +1.237secs
8. Poggiali (Gilera) +1.310secs
9. Locatelli (Gilera) +1.334secs
10. Takahashi (Honda) +1.363secs

19. Laverty (Aprilia) +2.783secs

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