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

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Circuit Information

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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

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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)