Marquez takes pole in Austin with Pedrosa 2nd in all-Honda front row2014-04-12 19:33Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez scored another record this afternoon with his pole position lap for tomorrow’s grand prix, at the track he celebrated his first pole position and victory in the premier class. After leading every session so far in this weekend’s Red Bull GP of The Americas, Marc topped his pole time of 2013 (2’03.021) by 0.248s with a lap time of 2’02.773 on his final lap of 7 in this afternoon’s qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Teammate Dani Pedrosa found an improvement in his setup from yesterday, and starts from second on the grid alongside his teammate, with a time of 2’03.062. LCR Honda rider, Stefan Bradl, completed an all-Honda front row for tomorrow’s 21 lap race which will start at 14h00 local time. TEAM QUOTES Marc Marquez profile image Marc Marquez 1st - 2'02.773 “I’m very happy with how the weekend is going and with the qualifying session - especially taking pole position. I have a good feeling with the bike and have been setting a good pace ahead of tomorrow's race. We will try to get a good start and I'm sure we'll be fighting with Dani, as he is our strongest rival. I think that the beginning of the race will be the most important part, because with this heat the tyres suffer a lot. I will try to remain focused and have a good race!” Dani Pedrosa profile image Dani Pedrosa 2nd - 2'03.062 “We improved the bike a lot today and I was able to ride much better than yesterday. I managed to come very close in qualifying and hope to take advantage of all my chances to win tomorrow's race. Last year we came second so I will look to take one step further tomorrow!” QUALIFYING RESULTS Grand Prix of The Americas - Round 2 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2'02.773 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2'03.062 3 Stefan Bradl 6 GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 2'03.196 4 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2'03.240 5 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 2'03.243 6 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 2'03.244 7 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 2'03.780 8 Bradley Smith 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2'03.800 9 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 2'03.842 10 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 2'03.846 11 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2'03.913 12 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 2'03.923 13 Scott Redding 45 GBR Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 2'04.617 14 Nicky Hayden 69 USA Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 2'05.062 15 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 2'05.677 16 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 2'05.788 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 2'06.239 18 Hector Barbera 8 ESP Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 2'06.270 19 Colin Edwards 5 USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2'06.741 20 Michael Laverty 70 GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 2'06.939 21 Broc Parkes 23 AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 2'07.403 22 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 2'07.745 23 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 2'07.761 Source: Honda Racing Corporation Click here to visit our forums to discuss this story |
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