Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina

Round 3 - Saturday, April 26th 2014

Argentina - Qualifying Report

Weather conditions

Sunny Spells

25°C
Air temp

36°C
Track temp

46%
Humidity

Marquez rages to third consecutive pole with Pedrosa in third

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has claimed his third successive pole in as many races continuing his perfect start to the 2014 season with teammate Dani Pedrosa also taking an important front row start for tomorrow’s 25 lap race.

Marc recorded his blazing fast lap of 1’37.683 on lap 5 of 6 and finished 0.742 faster than second place man Lorenzo. Marc and Dovizioso (5th) were the only riders who chose to use the hardest option front tyre – partnered with the medium rear – with the others opting for the medium compound front. Dani, who will be aiming for one of his trademark starts, recorded his fastest lap of 1’38.651 on lap 7 of 8.

The race will begin at 14h00 local time tomorrow.

Team Quotes

1st - 1'37.683

“Today I really felt good on the bike and I am happy to have taken pole position! In the morning and in FP4, we worked a lot with the used tyre and this afternoon we obviously focused on qualifying. I put in a very good lap and I think that tomorrow it will be interesting to see which tyre will be required for the race, because there are various options for both the front and the rear - it is going to be a difficult choice! One of the keys for the race will be tyre management, in order to try to get to the end with optimal grip - which will allow us to make the difference”

3rd - 1'38.651

“Qualifying did not go perfectly. I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be and I know that I made a few mistakes - especially on the final corner - which hindered me a lot. However, I'm happy, because the important thing is that we had some good practice sessions. We are high up the grid for tomorrow, so we shall try to make the most of this and have a good race”

qualifying results

Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina - Round 3

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Marc Marquez	93	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'37.683
2	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	Yamaha Factory Racing	YAMAHA	1'38.425
3	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'38.651
4	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	1'38.794
5	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'38.856
6	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	Yamaha Factory	YAMAHA	1'38.949
7	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	1'38.958
8	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	1'39.237
9	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	HONDA	1'39.297
10	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	1'39.429
11	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	1'39.822
12	Nicky Hayden	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	1'40.541
13	Scott Redding	45	GBR	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	1'40.238
14	Colin Edwards	5	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	1'40.476
15	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA	1'40.615
16	Hiroshi Aoyama	7	JPN	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	1'40.616
17	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	1'40.691
18	Broc Parkes	23	AUS	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	1'40.981
19	Michele Pirro	51	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'41.018
20	Michael Laverty	70	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART & PBM	1'41.103
21	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	1'41.129
22	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	1'41.267
23	Danilo Petrucci	9	ITA	IodaRacing Project	IODA-SUTER	1'41.686