Repsol Honda's Marquez Scores 4th Pole of Season, Pedrosa 3rd in MotoGP Jerez Qualifying

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Gran Premio de España Round 4 - Saturday, May 3rd 2014   Spain - Qualifying Report Weather conditions sunny 28°C Air temp 50°C Track temp 29% Humidity Marquez continues qualifying domination with fourth consecutive pole and Pedrosa 3rd Marc Marquez, marking his 100th GP start here in Jerez, now celebrates a 59% ratio of poles in all MotoGP starts (13 in 22 races) after clinching the top spot for the Spanish GP, breaking the lap record en route with teammate Dani Pedrosa in third under scorching weather conditions. Before qualifying, Marc and his team calculated that a three-stop run would be possible during the 15 minute session, which was important as the life of the soft rear tyre is optimum for only one flying lap – especially with track temperatures in the fifties. Dani opted for the more normal two stop strategy, completing two flying laps with each tyre, and clocked a time of 1’38.630 placing him on the front row in third for tomorrow’s 27 lap race. Marc recorded just one flying lap on each exit but on his third and final run, he stole Lorenzo’s lap record from 2008 (1’38.189) – the last season in which there were still qualifying tyres in MotoGP – and recorded the fastest ever lap on two wheels at Jerez with a time of 1’38.120 on lap 8 of 8. Team Quotes 1st - 1'38.120 “I am very happy with this pole position, as it was hard fought and I wasn't expecting it. We are suffering a little more here than at other tracks, but despite this we are still at the same level as Lorenzo and Dani. We changed our strategy at the last minute; I asked Santi if it would be possible to use three soft tyres, and he said that it was. It was all last minute and I am satisfied with how it worked out, but we know that tomorrow is the important day. Jorge and, above all, Dani have a great pace” 3rd - 1'38.630 "We took a step forward with the bike setup today and also went better with the race tyres. In the qualifying session we tried to do as well as possible, but it is always difficult to put in a really fast lap. Tomorrow we will try to get a good start, then have a good race” qualifying results   Gran Premio de España - Round 4 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'38.120 2 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 1'38.541 3 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'38.630 4 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 1'38.857 5 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 1'39.007 6 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'39.222 7 Stefan Bradl 6 GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'39.243 8 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'39.293 9 Bradley Smith 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'39.390 10 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 1'39.751 11 Colin Edwards 5 USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 1'39.814 12 Nicky Hayden 69 USA Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'39.826 13 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'39.768 14 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 1'39.849 15 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'40.118 16 Karel Abraham 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 1'40.126 17 Michele Pirro 51 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'40.239 18 Scott Redding 45 GBR Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 1'40.453 19 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'40.566 20 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 1'41.009 21 Michael Laverty 70 GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 1'41.124 22 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1'41.517 23 Broc Parkes 23 AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1'41.702 24 Hector Barbera 8 ESP Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1'42.052 Copyright Free Images - For Editorial use only                                                 Circuit Information View circuit page at www.repsolhondateam.com Length 4.423 m / 2.748 miles Width 11m Left corners 5 Right corners 8 Longest straight 607 m / 0.377 miles Constructed 1986 Modified 2002     Jerez Motor Racing Track Carretera Jerez – Arcos, kilómetro 10 11405 Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) info@circuitodejerez.com Tel: +34 956151100 Fax: +34 956151105   www.circuitodejerez.com   Pole Position 1m 38.120s (162.2km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Lap 1m 39.731s (159.657km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2010) Race Time 45m 17.538s (158.200km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2010) 2012 Race Winner Casey Stoner (Honda) 2013 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan