Front row start for Marquez in 3rd with Pedrosa in 4th2013-08-24 17:17Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez will start tomorrow's Czech Republic GP from 3rd position, his fifth consecutive front row and eighth of the season. Teammate Dani Pedrosa was just 0.005 off Marc and will start from 4th position for the 22 lap race. As usual, it was a hectic qualifying session and Marc was unable to improve on his second exit with a fresh rear tyre. His time of 1'55.863 recorded on lap three on his first run placing him on the front row. On the other hand Dani, who has been struggling to find the right set up all weekend, was able to find a setting he was happy with and improve with his final flying lap and log a time of 1'55.868 on lap seven. Marc Marquez Marc Marquez 3rd 1'55.863 "I'm not entirely happy because I had the confidence and determination to fight for pole! I could not take advantage of the second tyre because there was a lot of traffic and some riders were waiting for a tow. But it is what it is - one day I will look to follow them, another day it will be the opposite! With regards to the race, I feel confident as I'm comfortable on the bike and have a good foundation and good pace. If the race is dry, then I feel ready to challenge for the win" Dani Pedrosa Dani Pedrosa 4th 1'55.868 "The sessions were pretty difficult today, because we had trouble finding a setup that I was happy with. In the last minute we were able to improve the setup, coming up with something that is more suited to my riding and which allowed me to ride more comfortably. Still, the times for everyone have been very close throughout the weekend, so we will have to fight hard. The important thing will be holding up physically, getting a good start and having a good race -whatever the conditions" Qualifying Results 1 Cal Crutchlow 1'55.527 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2 Alvaro Bautista 1'55.754 SPA HONDA Go & Fun Honda Gresini 3 Marc Marquez 1'55.863 SPA HONDA Repsol Honda Team 4 Dani Pedrosa 1'55.868 SPA HONDA Repsol Honda Team 5 Jorge Lorenzo 1'55.949 SPA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing 6 Bradley Smith 1'56.014 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 7 Valentino Rossi 1'56.186 ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing 8 Stefan Bradl 1'56.477 GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP 9 Andrea Dovizioso 1'56.825 ITA DUCATI Ducati Team 10 Nicky Hayden 1'56.979 USA DUCATI Ducati Team 11 Andrea Iannone 1'57.455 ITA DUCATI Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team 12 Colin Edwards 1'58.392 USA FTR-KAWASAKI NGM Mobile Forward Racing 13 Aleix Espargaro 1'58.378 SPA ART Power Electronics Aspar 14 Michele Pirro 1'58.812 ITA DUCATI Ignite Pramac Racing Team 15 Randy De Puniet 1'58.953 FRA SUZUKI Suzuki Test Team 16 Yonny Hernandez 1'58.983 COL PBM Paul Bird Motorsport 17 Danilo Petrucci 1'59.057 ITA IODA-SUTER Came IodaRacing Project 18 Claudio Corti 1'59.062 ITA FTR-KAWASAKI NGM Mobile Forward Racing 19 Hector Barbera 1'59.128 SPA FTR Avintia Blusens 20 Lukas Pesek 2'00.522 CZE IODA-SUTER Came IodaRacing Project 21 Michael Laverty 2'00.584 GBR PBM Paul Bird Motorsport 22 Hiroshi Aoyama 2'00.653 JAP FTR Avintia Blusens 23 Karel Abraham 2'00.792 CZE ART Cardion AB Motoracing 24 Bryan Staring 2'00.827 AUS FTR-HONDA Go & Fun Honda Gresini 25 Martin Bauer 2'01.135 AUT S&B SUTER Remus Racing Team Circuit information First race 1987 GPs held 36 Laps 22 Race distance 118.866km / 73.854 miles Track length 5.403km / 3.357 miles Track width 15m Longest straight 0.636km / 0.395 miles Corners 14 (8 right, 6 left) Pole position Left Automotodrom Brno P.O.Box 1 641 00 Brno Czech Republic www.automotodrombrno.cz Circuit records Pole position 1m 55.527s (168.3km/h) Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha, 2013) Race lap 1m 56.274s (167.284km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2012) Race time 42m 51.570s (166.403km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2012) 2012 Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda) Source: Repsol Honda Team Click here to visit our forums to discuss this story |
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