Gran Premio d’Italia

Round 6 - Saturday, May 31st 2014

Italy - Qualifying Report

Weather conditions

Sunny spells

23°C
Air temp

40°C
Track temp

35%
Humidity

Marquez continues perfect 2014 with sixth straight pole

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has taken his 6th consecutive pole of the 2014 season, in as many rounds, with teammate Dani Pedrosa in fourth.

After the strange weather yesterday, when light rain prevented many of the riders going out on track in the afternoon, the sun was shining today in Mugello. Dani, who struggled with the setup in yesterday’s FP1 improved significantly this morning, posting the fastest time on track in FP3 (1’47.754), with Marc just 0.261s behind him in second (1’48.015).

The Repsol Honda duo remained 1st and 2nd in FP4, but only Marc was able to continue this through to qualifying and snatched his sixth pole in six races with a time of 1’47.270 on lap three of eight. Dani improved on his time from this morning, but made a small mistake and touched the mapping button reducing his power slightly. His time of 1’47.584 – on his final lap of eight – placed him on the second row of the grid in fourth, missing the front row by just 0.063s.

Team Quotes

1st - 1'47.270

"I'm very happy to have taken this pole position at a track that I found very difficult last year. I've felt good on the bike right from the opening practice session this time around, and this shows that we are working well this season - because in 2013 it was much harder to be up at the front. As for the race, it will be difficult to break away and do what I've been doing up to now, because at this track you tend to ride in a group and things are more tightly packed. However, I will try to give 100% in order to fight for the victory”

4th - 1'47.584

“Today qualifying went better than in Le Mans, and we had good sessions - especially in FP4. I think that the bike was working fairly well, although when we put on the second tyre option in qualifying I made a small mistake - which I didn’t realise until afterwards - and I touched the engine mapping button which lowered my power and I wasn’t able to improve my time. Tomorrow we will try to start well and have a good race, it seems that the pace of the other riders is very evenly matched, but we will do all that we can”

qualifying results

Gran Premio d’Italia - Round 6

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Marc Marquez	93	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'47.270
2	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	1'47.450
3	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	Yamaha Factory Racing	YAMAHA	1'47.521
4	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'47.584
5	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	1'47.612
6	Cal Crutchlow	35	GBR	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'47.659
7	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	1'47.681
8	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'47.754
9	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	HONDA	1'47.765
10	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	Yamaha Factory	YAMAHA	1'47.791
11	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	1'48.132
12	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	1'48.218
13	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	1'48.722
14	Scott Redding	45	GBR	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	1'48.754
15	Michele Pirro	51	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'48.794
16	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA	1'48.894
17	Hiroshi Aoyama	7	JPN	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	1'49.505
18	Colin Edwards	5	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	1'49.780
19	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	1'49.932
20	Michael Laverty	70	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART & PBM	1'50.505
21	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	1'50.515
22	Broc Parkes	23	AUS	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	1'50.875
23	Michel Fabrizio	84	ITA	IodaRacing Project	IODA-SUTER	1'53.116
24	Nicky Hayden	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	DNS

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Circuit Information

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Length	5.245 m / 3.259 miles
Width	14m
Left corners	6
Right corners	9
Longest straight	1.141 m / 0.709 miles
Constructed	1974
Modified

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Pole Position	1m 47.157s (176.2 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013)
Race Lap	1m 47.639s (175.4 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013)
Race Time	41m 37.477s (173.889km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2012)
2012 Race Winner	Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
2013 Race Winner	Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)