Moto GP ; Deuxième pole consécutive pour Márquez / Marquez takes pole by over 0.5s at #ArgentinaGP

Le Champion du Monde en titre sera de nouveau en tête de la grille pour le Grand Prix Red Bull de la République Argentine.

Vainqueur depuis la pole à Termas de Río Hondo en 2014, mais aussi au Texas le week-end dernier, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) tentera de faire aussi bien cette année et s’est assuré la pole position en étant une demi-seconde plus rapide que ses concurrents en qualifications. 

Pilote le plus rapide en Argentine vendredi, Aleix Espargaró (Team Suzuki Ecstar) a décroché la seconde position devant Andrea Iannone (Ducati). Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda), Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) et Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) partiront en deuxième ligne tandis que Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) sera au milieu de la troisième, entre Danilo Petrucci (Pramac Racing) et Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar).

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Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez stamped his authority on proceedings in Q2 to claim pole ahead of Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Iannone.

After the excitement during Qualifying in Austin, there was a sense of anticipation in the air as riders took to the 4.8 km Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. Conditions had improved from Friday, with the sun coming out in force and the track temperature rising to 43 degrees in time for MotoGP™ Q2.

Earlier it was Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith and Hector Barbera on the Avintia Racing Ducati that made it through from a hotly contested Q1, in a session that saw Smith’s teammate Pol Espargaro and the Satellite Pramac Racing machine of Yonny Hernandez fail to progress.

Marc Marquez dominated proceedings to take pole with a 1’37.802 ahead of the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR of Aleix Espargaro (+0.514s) and Andrea Iannone (+0.665s) on the Ducati Team GP15.

CWM LCR Hondas Cal Crutchlow (+0.683s) will start from the front of the second row in front of Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo (+0.683s), who matched the British riders time in 5th, and the second Ducati Team GP15 of Andrea Dovizioso (+0.718s).

Pramac Racings Danilo Petrucci will start from 7th on the grid, with Valentino Rossi over a second off the pace of Marquez in 8th. Maverick Viñales completed the third row in 9th, with Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith rounding out the top ten. Hector Barbera leads the Open class in 12th, just behind the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Racing Honda of Scott Redding.

Click here for the full MotoGP™ Qualifying results and line up for Sundays race, which is due to start at 16:00 local time in Argentina.

Márquez s’assure la pole après un moment de doute à Austin / Marquez takes pole at CoTA after dramatic Q2

Le Champion du Monde en titre est en pole pour la première fois de l’année suite à une performance exceptionnelle.

Marc Márquez semblait parfaitement dominer son sujet en qualifications mais a soudainement décidé d'arrêter sa RC213V sur la longue ligne droite du Circuit des Amériques à la vue de drapeaux jaunes et a dû l'abandonner contre le pit-wall, sauter par dessus ce dernier et réaliser un sprint en combinaison pour rejoindre le box Repsol Honda et tenter de repartir sur sa seconde moto. 

Relégué à la septième position suite à cet épisode invraisemblable, le Champion du Monde en titre n’a eu le temps de faire qu’un seul tour lancé sur sa seconde moto en fin de séance mais a une fois de plus brillé pour s’emparer de la pole avec un nouveau record du circuit et trois dixièmes de seconde d’avance sur Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) et Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP).

Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda) seront en deuxième ligne, en compagnie d’un excellent Scott Redding (EG 0,0 Marc VDS).

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Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez claimed his 23rd MotoGP™ pole position in Austin, after stopping on track with just 3 minutes to go on Austin.

The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion had to run down pit lane to retrieve his second bike with only seconds to spare as the clock ticked down on Q2.  Not even this could stop the Spaniard as he went on to set the fastest ever time on two-wheels around CoTA, a 2’02.135, over sixth-tenths quicker than his previous lap record set in Qualifying last year.

Marquez finished ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (+0.339s ) on the Ducati Team GP15, and Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo (+0.405s) who completed the front row.

Lorenzo teammate Valentino Rossi (+0.428s) will start from the front of the second row, with the Brits Cal Crutchlow (+0.478s) and Scott Redding (+0.539s) on their Factory spec Honda’s in 5th and 6th respectively.

The second factory Ducati of Andrea Iannone will start from 7th, with the Team Suzuki Ecstar of Aleix Espargaro (8th) finishing ahead of his brother Pol (Monster Tech 3 Yamaha) in 9th.

Bradley Smith, Danilo Petrucci and Maverick Viñales will form the 4th row of the grid for Sundays race.

Earlier on, it was the Factory Ducati GP15 of Andrea Iannone and Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Maverick Viñales who made it through from Q1.

Click here for the full results from Q2, Sunday’s MotoGP™ race is due to start at 14:00 local time in Austin.

Moto GP; Dovizioso s’empare de la pole position au Qatar / Dovizioso grabs sensational pole for Ducati

L’Italien a devancé Dani Pedrosa et Marc Márquez en qualifications au Circuit International de Losail.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) a remporté la première pole position de la saison MotoGP™ 2015 au Grand Prix Commercial Bank du Qatar, démontrant de nouveau l’excellent potentiel de la nouvelle Desmosedici GP15, qui sera donc en tête de la grille pour sa première course.

En pole pour la troisième fois de sa carrière en MotoGP™, l'Italien a battu Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) de deux bons dixièmes de seconde tandis que ce dernier a lui-même devancé son coéquipier Marc Márquez, le Champion du Monde en titre, qui avait dominé les trois premières séances d’essais du week-end.

Andrea Iannone (Ducati), Yonny Hernández (Pramac Racing), le premier pilote satellite sur la grille, et Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) se sont qualifiés en deuxième ligne, devant Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3), rescapé de la Q1, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) et Danilo Petrucci (Pramac Racing).

Deuxième du classement combiné vendredi soir, Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda) est tombé en qualifications et sera douzième sur la grille, derrière Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3) et Aleix Espargaró (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR).

Les Français Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) et Loris Baz (Athinà Forward Racing) partiront des seizième et vingt-troisième positions.

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Andrea Dovizioso takes pole position for his Ducati Team on the Desmosedici GP15, ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez in Qatar.

It was always going to be close in QP2, and the first qualifying session of the season did not disappoint as Dovizioso took a sensational pole position for the factory Ducati Team ahead of the Repsol Honda’s of Marquez (+0.324s) and Pedrosa (+0.217s).

At the end of the session you could see how much this pole meant to Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Team General Manager) who oversaw the development of the new GP15 from scratch. Reigning MotoGP™ Champion Marquez had no response to Dovizioso’s pace on the softer option tyre and had to settle for 3rd on the grid behind his teammate Pedrosa.
 
Andrea Iannone will start from the front of the second row in 4th on the other factory Ducati, with Pramac Racing’s Yonny Hernandez (+0.562s) making it three Ducati’s in the top five, in 5th place. Jorge Lorenzo (+0.598s) is in 6th, with Bradley Smith (+0.618s) heading the 3rd row on the satellite Monster Tech 3 Yamaha finishing ahead of the Factory YZR-M1 of Valentino Rossi (+0.738s), who will start from 8th.

CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow, who had shown impressive pace during practice, crashed out at turn 14 and had to settle for 12th place.

Earlier in Q1 Pramac Racing’s Danilo Petrucci led right from the start, setting a time seven-tenths quicker than his best from practice and claiming top spot. The battle for the second automatic qualifying spot was won by Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith in dramatic fashion. The British rider pinching 2nd place from Maverick Viñales on the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR right at the end of the session, after the checkered flag had been shown.

The MotoGP™ race will take place on Sunday at 21:00 local time.

Click here for the full qaulifying results.