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aprile 03, 2016 - Yamaha Racing

MotoGP - Double Front Row For Movistar Yamaha in Termas de Río Hondo Qualifying

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Movistar #yamaha MotoGP's #valentinorossi and Jorge Lorenzo made a step during a tense second day in #argentina. Rossi waited until after the chequered flag went out to take second place on the starting grid at the Termas de Río Hondo Circuit. Teammate Jorge Lorenzo continued his impressive pace from the third free practice in the afternoon and rode his #yamaha YZR-M1 to a third place starting position for tomorrow's Gran Premio Motul de la República #argentina.

Movistar #yamaha MotoGP's #valentinorossi had his fans at the Termas de Río Hondo Circuit cheering today when he qualified second for tomorrow's Gran Premio Motul de la República #argentina. Doubts on tyre choice didn't slow down teammate Jorge Lorenzo either. He gave a solid performance during the tense 15-minute session, taking third on the grid.

Tension ran high in the paddock today as the fourth free practice session was red-flagged and re-started twice, due to safety conditions after Scott Redding had an incident whilst riding with the softer option, medium rear tyre.

Rossi used the delayed final minutes of FP4 to get back into rhythm again, in preparation for the time attack during the 'Qualifying 2' session, which was pushed back by a little more than half an hour.

The Doctor bided his time at the start of the qualifying session to avoid traffic. The nine time World Champion soon dropped a 1'40.791s to move up to fourth position. Unable to improve on his second try he was pushed back to eighth place, but he soon responded by picking up the pace. Riding on the edge, he was one of just three riders to dip under the 1'40s mark with a 1'39.988s lap for second place, before quickly returning to the box with five and half minutes remaining.

One and a half minutes later he was back on track to pick up the pace. Though Rossi didn't beat his personal best time thus far on his fourth flying lap, he kept his head down. Having been pushed back to third by teammate Lorenzo after the chequered flag came out, he set a 1'39.786s on his final attempt, cutting the margin to the man in pole down to 0.375s as he returned to second place.

When the FP4 session was restarted for the second time, teammate Lorenzo headed out for the final four minutes of the session, but a slide down the track in turn one meant he was forced to start 'Qualifying 2' on his second bike.

Despite the earlier commotion the Majorcan kept his trademark focus when the 15-minute qualifying session kicked off. He was the first rider to come out of the box and needed little time to put the hammer down. His first hot lap was a 1'40.574s for provisional second place and he immediately returned to the pits for a fresh rear tyre with more than nine minutes left on the clock.

The current World Champion was pushed back to fifth and found a clear space on the track for his second attempt to improve his starting position. Dropping a hot lap of 1'40.140, he shot up to third place in the standings to make a second stop with four minutes of the session remaining. A little more than a minute later he made his way out of pit lane and had just enough time left for a final try. At the time holding fourth place, he dropped a hot lap of 1'39.944s to reclaim third position, 0,533s off the front.

Tomorrow the Movistar #yamaha #motogp teammates will continue the action at 10:40 - 11:00 (local track time) in the morning warm-up session, followed by the race at 16:00.

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