MotoGPs adrenalinic qualifying session at the Aragon Motorland circuit was made up of blistering and record breaking laps with red lights appearing all over the timesheets.
The first rider to break Casey Stoner’s 2011 record was Jorge Lorenzo.
The Yamaha rider first took over the provisional pole position with a stunning 1’48.
241, but immediately after it was LCR’s Stefan Bradl’s turn to set the new record with a 1’48.
159, and then Dani Pedrosa shot out a 1’47.
957! A new tire change and it was back on track for the riders only to have Marc Marquez grab his third consecutive pole position (Silverstone and Misano) – his seventh in his extraordinary rookie season – stopping the clock with a blistering 1’47″804 and pip Jorge Lorenzo (who ran out of fuel at the end of the session) for the pole position by a mere 0.
010.
Dani Pedrosa closed out the front row, while Valentino Rossi probably had his best qualifying session ever this year (better than Misano and Sachsenring) on a track where he has never had much luck and missed out a front row start by just 0.
005s.
There was no hesitation from the Italian as he finally matched the blistering laps of the other three riders only to finish fourth and 0.
158s from the pole.
Rossi like his team mate opted for the softer front tire while, the Honda riders use harder front compound and obviously all of them used the softer rear tire.
Honda satellite riders Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista were 5th and 6th respectively, while Yamaha Tech3 duo Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith were 7th and 8th, after the Tech3 rookie went through the Q1 session.
Andrea Dovizioso was the best Ducati rider in qualifying taking the 9th spot on tomorrow’s starting grip but he paid 1.
4 second gap from Marquez, while Aleix Espargaro qualified 10th ahead of Nicky Hayden and Andrea Iannone.
MotoGP Aragon Q2 results:01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’47.
80402- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
01003- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
15304- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
15805- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 0.
32406- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.
49807- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
84908- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
05009- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.
41510- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 1.
54411- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.
62412- Andrea Iannone – Energy T.
I.
Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 2.
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