Grand Prix of The Americas

Round 2 - Saturday, April 12th 2014

Americas - Qualifying Report

Weather conditions

Sunny

28°C
Air temp

45°C
Track temp

52%
Humidity

Marquez takes pole in Austin with Pedrosa 2nd in all-Honda front row

Repsol 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

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!”

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

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Circuit Information

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Length	5.513 m / 3.426 miles
Width	15m
Left corners	11
Right corners	9
Longest straight	1.200 m / 0.746 miles
Constructed	2012
Modified

9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd
Austin, TX 78617

www.circuitoftheamericas.com

Pole Position	2m 03.021s (161.3 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013)
Race Lap	2m 04.242s (159.7 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013)
Race Time	43m 42.123s (158.9 km/h) (Marc Marquez Honda, 2013)
2013 Race Winner	Marc Marquez (Honda)