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MotoGP - Marquez qualifies second, crash relegates Pedrosa to row 4

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  Grand Prix de France

MotoGP 2016   Round 5

Marquez qualifies second, crash relegates Pedrosa to row 4

There were mixed feelings for Repsol #honda today at #lemans, with #marcmarquez emerging second-best from a demanding qualifying session and #danipedrosa forced to settle for 11th place after slipping off at turn 4 halfway through the session.

Marquez had found quite a good pace in the morning FP3 session, and he struggled to match that speed in his first run in qualifying. However, the Spaniard put in a couple of very fast laps during his second exit and finished in a strong second position behind pole-man Jorge Lorenzo.

Pedrosa was unfortunate to suffer a small crash after completing his first flying lap and so losing precious time and the chance to improve his lap time enough to do better than 11th.

Tomorrow’s warm-up session starts at 9:40 a.m. local time, when both riders will have the chance to finalize the details before the race takes off at 2 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Marc Marquez

2ND  1'32.416

“I was able to set a good lap today, but it wasn’t perfect. At first with the new tyre I found it hard to get the same feeling I had with used tyres and the bike moved about a lot when I tried to push more. At the end I changed my riding style a little and set two pretty good laps that helped me to fulfil my main objective, which was to get on the front row. I think the pace that I have isn’t bad, and in the last free practice I felt comfortable, although I’m still not quite as fast as Jorge [Lorenzo]. We’ll see what weather we have tomorrow and what the track temperature is for the race, and try to manage things as best we can.”

 

 

 

 

Dani Pedrosa

11TH  1'33.109

“Well I’m obviously disappointed with today’s result, my worst qualifying this year. There isn’t much to say; I lost the front and crashed out with my first bike and I couldn’t complete my second flying lap. With the second bike, I didn't have the same feeling and I wasn’t able to improve my time. Anyway, my race pace may not be the best but it’s not the worst either so tomorrow we’ll try to make the right tyre choice and to start the race well.”

 

 

 

 

Results Session

 

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Time/Gap

1

LORENZO Jorge

99

SPA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

1'31.975

2

MARQUEZ Marc

93

SPA

Repsol #honda Team

1'32.416

3

IANNONE Andrea

29

ITA

Ducati Team

1'32.469

4

ESPARGARO Pol

44

SPA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

1'32.502

5

DOVIZIOSO Andrea

4

ITA

Ducati Team

1'32.587

6

SMITH Bradley

38

GBR

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

1'32.820

7

ROSSI Valentino

46

ITA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

1'32.829

8

VINALES Maverick

25

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

1'32.933

9

CRUTCHLOW Cal

35

GBR

LCR Honda

1'32.963

10

PETRUCCI Danilo

9

ITA

Octo Pramac Racing

1'33.102

11

PEDROSA Dani

26

SPA

Repsol #honda Team

1'33.109

12

ESPARGARO Aleix

41

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

1'33.115

13

BARBERA Hector

8

SPA

Avintia Racing

1'33.291

14

REDDING Scott

45

GBR

Octo Pramac Racing

1'33.310

15

HERNANDEZ Yonny

68

COL

Aspar #motogp Team

1'33.360

16

LAVERTY Eugene

50

IRE

Aspar #motogp Team

1'33.452

17

BRADL Stefan

6

GER

Aprilia #racing Team Gresini

1'34.003

18

MILLER Jack

43

AUS

Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS

1'34.049

19

BAUTISTA Alvaro

19

SPA

Aprilia #racing Team Gresini

1'34.333

20

RABAT Tito

53

SPA

Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS

1'34.348

21

BAZ Loris

76

FRA

Avintia Racing

1'34.455

 

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