Team Repsol Honda's Marquez 4th, Pedrosa 5th in MotoGP San Marino Qualifying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Round 13 - Saturday, September 13th 2014   San Marino - Qualifying Report Weather conditions sunny 24°C Air temp 36°C Track temp 55% Humidity     Marquez and Pedrosa miss front row by a fraction of a second Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will begin tomorrow’s San Marino GP from the second row of the grid, only the fourth time Marc has been off the front row in his MotoGP career and the first time since Catalunya 2013. It was an intense day at the Misano track as the sun finally arrived and the riders had their first dry track time. With the limited time, neither rider found their optimum setup in time for qualifying but nevertheless both pushed to the maximum and with just 0.201 seconds separating the top six riders, a front row spot was highly contested. Marc finished 4th with his time of 1’33.360 on his final lap of 6, and just 0.058s off the front row, with teammate Dani Pedrosa just 0.058s from Marc in 5th with his time of 1’33.418 on lap 7 of 8. Both riders will be hoping to find something in tomorrow’s warm up session before the race begins at 14h00 local time. Team Quotes 4th - 1'33.360 "This is the first time this season that I've been off the front row, maybe because we haven't yet found the best setup for this circuit. However, we still have the warmup tomorrow in which to try things out and improve. Yesterday's practice sessions were both wet, so that is why today we found it a little difficult to find the optimal setup. Nevertheless, I am happy because I felt fairly comfortable on the bike - which is important for the race - but we will have to fight hard to finish on the podium." 5th - 1'33.418 "I had a very good feeling today in Misano, although this isn't reflected by my position on the grid for tomorrow. The times today have been very close between everyone, but tomorrow in the end we start from the second row. I'll have to get a very good start and push on the opening laps. It will also be important to make the right choice with the front tyre, because that will be the key to the race. We will have to fight to the maximum, because this is a very long race." qualifying results   Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini - Round 13 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'33.238 2 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'33.289 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'33.302 4 Marc Marquez 93 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'33.360 5 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'33.418 6 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'33.439 7 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'33.557 8 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 1'33.713 9 Bradley Smith 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'33.761 10 Stefan Bradl 6 GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'33.995 11 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'34.283 12 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 1'34.640 13 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 1'34.495 14 Scott Redding 45 GBR Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 1'34.919 15 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'34.966 16 Leon Camier 2 GBR Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'35.275 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 1'35.292 18 Michael Laverty 70 GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 1'35.589 19 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 1'35.679 20 Broc Parkes 23 AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1'36.317 21 Hector Barbera 8 ESP Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1'36.689 22 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1'42.497 23 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 1'37.417 Copyright Free Images - For Editorial use only                                         Circuit Information View circuit page at www.repsolhondateam.com Length 4.226 m / 2.626 miles Width 14m Left corners 6 Right corners 10 Longest straight 565 m / 0.351 miles Constructed 1969 Modified 2008     Santa Monica SpA Via Daijiro Kato, 10 47843 Misano Adriatico (RN)   www.misanocircuit.com   Pole position 1m 32.915s (163.7 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) Race lap 1m 33.906s (162.008km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2011) Race time 44m 05.522s (161.0 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) 2012 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2013 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan