Rossi 6th, Lorenzo 7th for Movistar Yamaha in MotoGP Qualifying at Aragon Round 14

	Grand Prix of Aragón Movistar Yamaha Score Second and Third Row for Gran Premio Movistar de Aragon 14:35 Local time GMT+2 Sunny Air 24°C Track 36°C Humidity 55%
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	Motorland Aragón (Spain), 27th September 2014 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo faced a second day of challenging riding today in qualifying for tomorrow’s Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón, taking sixth and seventh respectively on the grid. Having fought hard yesterday and today to find a good pace, Rossi found himself this afternoon having to compete in the first qualifying session. A slow start on a soft front and hard rear tyre initially put the nine-time world champion into seventh position on his first hot lap. A slow lap followed in the hunt for clear track and then he put the pressure on, shooting to the top of the time sheet with a 1’49.172 second lap. A quick stop followed for the softer rear tyre option then he was back out with just over three minutes remaining and made a big jump, securing top and a place in qualifying two with a 1’48.692. With just a few minutes rest it was go time again as the second qualifying heat got underway. His first flying lap was a 1’48.614, improving on his time from the first session. The Doctor was unable to beat that until after a tyre change for a second medium rear: he was back in the last minutes and scored an impressive 1’48.226 to knock his teammate out of provisional fourth place. A flurry of hot laps by rivals in the last seconds then dropped him two places to sixth on the grid where he will start tomorrow’s race. Determined to make the best of a tough weekend, Lorenzo was straight out of the box as qualifying two began, attacking the circuit at full speed. His first flying lap was a 1’48.332, the first recorded lap of the session until his rivals completed their first, dropping him to third provisionally. His second effort was unable to better the time, taking a 1’48.604 to hold his third position. With just over seven minutes remaining he returned for fresh tyres before re-joining the track for a final push. The local hero put the hammer down and delivered a 1’48.246 to take provisional second on the grid until the final attack of the other front runners dropped him first to fourth, then three further places to seventh on the grid at the final flag.
	Valentino Rossi 6th / 1'48.226 / 8 laps “A difficult practice yesterday and also today as we are suffering from a lack of grip. It’s difficult to ride the bike at the limit as after some laps it starts to slide a lot. We worked very hard with the team to try and improve some different settings. It looks like this afternoon we found some things so I will start from the second row, which is not so bad, it's quite good. Now we have to try to find some small improvement for the warm up and for the race so we can try to do the maximum tomorrow afternoon. The big question mark is the front tyre, we can use medium or hard. They are very similar so we have to see what the track temperature will be.”
	Jorge Lorenzo 7th / 1'48.246 / 8 laps “It's unbelievable how in just two weeks everything can change just for the track. It’s true that this year we have even more difficulties to be competitive here. I’m very disappointed because today we got two wrong tyres for the rear. They were not good. One was defective in the morning and the second tyre in qualifying was also not good. I expected to improve four or five tenths but I couldn’t, improving by just one tenth. When you have more difficulties sometimes you get even more problems as happened today. I think our pace is not that bad compared to our grid position so if we can make a good start and be patient we can fight. The first two corners will be difficult, then little by little we can make some positions and fight for the podium."
	Massimo Meregalli “Following a tough day of practice yesterday we worked hard last night to find solutions for the challenges facing us on this circuit. We’ve tried several different options and although we are closer than yesterday we are still looking for the key to make that significant step forward. Both Jorge and Vale have as usual given 100% to qualify in the best position possible. Unfortunately Jorge’s second qualifying tyre didn't work as it should which left us unable to capitalise on his full potential. For sure we will continue to work this evening to find something we can offer them for warm up tomorrow morning so we will see. It will be a long race tomorrow and both are real fighters. We are also expecting possible rain tomorrow which will change everything for everyone.”
	NOTES
	The extended imagery from today's Qualifying session at the Motorland Aragón circuit (Spain) is available on www.yamahamotogp.com.
	QUALIFYING RESULTS
	FRONT ROW 1. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 1'47.187 2. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 1'47.549 3. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Pramac Racing 1'47.685 SECOND ROW 4. Pol Espargarò (SPA) Monster Yamaha Tech3 1'47.865 5. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Ducati Team 1'47.897 6. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1'48.226 THIRD ROW 7. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1'48.246 8. Stefan Bradl (GER) LCR Honda MotoGP 1'48.368 9. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team 1'48.542 FOURTH ROW 10. Aleix Espargaro (SPA) NGM Forward Racing 1'48.568 11. Bradley Smith (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech3 1'48.810 12. Hector Barbera (SPA) Avintia Racing 1'48.991 FIFTH ROW 13. Yonny Hernandez (COL) Energy T.I. Pramac Racing 1'49.051 14. Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN) Drive M7 Aspar 1'49.209 15. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Go&Fun Honda Gresini 1'49.274 SIXTH ROW 16. Scott Redding (GBR) Go&Fun Honda Gresini 1'49.703 17. Karel Abraham (CZE) Cardion AB Motoracing 1'49.790 18. Nicky Hayden (USA) Drive M7 Aspar 1'49.835 SEVENTH ROW 19. Alex De Angelis (RSM) NGM Forward Racing 1'50.263 20. Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Octo IodaRacing Team 1'50.635 21. Michael Laverty (GBR) Paul Bird Motorsport 1'51.280 EIGHTH ROW 22. Brok Parkes (AUS) Paul Bird Motorsport 1'51.489 23. Mike Di Meglio (FRA) Avintia Racing 1'52.181
	CIRCUIT INFORMATION
	Technical Informations Circuit Alcañiz Location Motorland Aragón Length (m) 5078 Width (m) 15 Turns 17 Turns righ 7 Turns left 10 Pole position left Record Lap Time 1'48.565 Rider D.Pedrosa Bike Honda Year 2013 Best Lap Time 1'47.187 Rider M.Marquez Bike Honda Year 2014 2013 Results 1st M.Marquez (Honda): 42'03.459 2nd J.Lorenzo (Yamaha): +1.356 3rd V.Rossi (Yamaha): +12.927
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