Not even a crash at the Curvone in FP4 could stop Marc Marquez from dominating the weekend’s proceedings at Misano, as he ripped apart the exsisting lap record at the Italian circuit to take his sixth pole position of the season, after poles at Austin, Le Mans, Sachsenring, Indianapolis and Silverstone.
Not even changing out of his scraped leathers, the galvanized Repsol Honda rider attacked, posting a very impressive 1′33.404, with his first soft tire, and then during his last flying lap blasted out at a 1:32.915, and breaking Casey Stoner’s 2011 Misano record (1’33″138).
Jorge Lorenzo tried his best to catch the wild Marquez and he had almost caught him in the first part of the session, but in the finale the Yamaha rider ended up second and massive and highly disappointing 0.513s adrift. Valentino Rossi scored his second front row start after the Sachsenring round, with his third spot and he was just 0.145 from his team mate.
Dani Pedrosa was will start in fourth, and he certainly wasn’t happy in the first part of the session giving a small punch to his RCV as he had to wait for his mechanics to register his clutch and his Honda team mate made him eat dust again, leaving him more than eight tenths adrift.
Despite losing the end piece of his exhuast system from his Yamaha M1 that bounced around the track surface, Cal Crutchlow pulled up his socks and was able to qualify in fifth after going through QP1. Aleix Espargaro concluded the spectacular qualifying session in sixth and ahead of Stefan Bradl, Alvaro Bautista and all four Ducati riders, Andrea Dovizioso, Nicky Hayden, Michele Pirro and Andrea Iannone.
2013 MotoGP Misano Qualifying 2 results:
01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’32.915
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.513
03- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.658
04- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.811
05- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.099
06- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 1.113
07- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.183
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 1.315
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.423
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.447
11- Michele Pirro – Ignite Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.552
12- Andrea Iannone – Energy T.I. Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.604
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.513
03- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.658
04- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.811
05- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.099
06- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 1.113
07- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.183
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 1.315
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.423
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.447
11- Michele Pirro – Ignite Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.552
12- Andrea Iannone – Energy T.I. Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.604
2013 Misano Starting Grid:
01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1
03- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1
04- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V
05- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
06- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13
07- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1
03- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1
04- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V
05- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1
06- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13
07- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13
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