Marc Marquez had a difficult start to his weekend at Catalunya (12th, 12th and 9th in free practices) but when it was time to qualify for tomorrow’s Moto2 race he pulled out everything he had from his Suter and took a surprising pole position in 1:46.
187 – his fourth of this 2012 season and his 11th in GP racing.
Marquez pipped his closest rivals, standings leader Pol Espargaro (they are separated by just 1 point) by 0.
195s and by 0.
243s over Le Mans winner Thomas Luthi who is currently third in the standings and just two points behing the Spaniard.
Andrea ‘Crazy Joe’ Iannone took fourth with his last flying lap and he was just 0.
047s from the Suter Interwetten Paddock rider, while Simone Corsi (FTR Iodaracing Project) was fifth with a surprising Dominique Aegerter (Suter Technomag CIP) in sixth.
Scott Redding was unable to repeat his morning performance (1st in FP3) and ended up seventh.
Toni Elias, Tito Rabat and Alex de Angelis closed out the top ten, with the Sammarinese the last rider to be within a second of Marquez.
Julian Simon had another bad crash (his second of the day), while Ricky Cardus showed us a circus number during qualifying.
The Arguinano Racing Team rider bumped into Takaaki Nakagami on the straight and going down he got caught on Nakagami’s exhaust pipe pulling the Italtrans Racing Team rider and bike over the striped kerb and the Spaniard was finally was able to get loose and safely slid off into the gravel trap, leaving Nakagami safe, but with his Kalex’s exhaust pointing almost 90°outwards.
Moto2 Catalunya Qualifying results:01- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – 1’46.
18702- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
19503- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 0.
24304- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up Moto2 – + 0.
29005- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 0.
62906- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 0.
65707- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
67908- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 0.
92009- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
92010- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 0.
92811- Jordi Torres – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1.
05212- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
08813- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1.
23614- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1.
24015- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 1.
28116- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
39617- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 1.
44418- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.
45919- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
46720- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
56621- Angel Rodriguez – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 1.
65422- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 1.
65623- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.
85424- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up Moto2 – + 1.
87325- Ricky Cardus – Arguinano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 1.
88726- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
90327- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.
90928- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
26629- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 2.
56430- Alexander Lundh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 2.
89431- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 3.
55332- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 4.
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