Marc Marquez took his third pole position of the 2013 season (Austin and Le Mans) in today’s qualifying session at the German circuit at Sachsenring.
The MotoGP rookie had absolutely no qualms of blasting his Repsol Honda around the track - considering all the crashes that happened during the four practice sessions that kept the doctors at the Clinica Mobile very busy.
With a best lap of 1.21.311 Marquez pushed a suffering and heroic Cal Crutchlow (after his two crashes on Friday) and Valentino Rossi to second and third. For Crutchlow this is his fourth front row start (he was on pole at Assen) of the season, while for Valentino Rossi you have to go back two years, Estoril 2010.
The Yamaha factory rider and Tech3 satellite rider were separated by a mere 0.059s, with Crutchlow pipping the Italian for second by grabbing a tow.
Stefan Bradl slid out at turn 3 after taking a provisional fourth sport during the first half of the session, and he rejoined uninjured and will take off in fourth.
The most impressive rider of Q2 was without a doubt - and all weekend so far - was Aspar’s Aleix Espargaro. The ART rider qualified fifth and a little less than six tenths from Marquez! The track layout and cool temperatures have helped the Spaniard according team boss ‘Aspar’ Martinez.
Ducati riders Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso were sixth and ninth, while Bradley Smith will take off in seventh with Alvaro Bautista beside him in 8th.
CRT riders Claudio Corti and Danilo Petrucci who were the fastest riders in Q1 and took part in Q2 were 10th and 11th.
If Dani Pedrosa decides to race tomorrow he will start in 12th.
If Dani Pedrosa decides to race tomorrow he will start in 12th.
2013 MotoGP Sachsenring starting grid:
01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V
02- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
03- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1
04- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V
05- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13
06- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
07- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
10- Claudio Corti – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Kawasaki
11- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda Suter BMW
02- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
03- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1
04- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V
05- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13
06- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
07- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
10- Claudio Corti – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Kawasaki
11- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda Suter BMW
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