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maggio 06, 2017 - Yamaha Racing

Movistar Yamaha to start Spanish GP from 2nd and 3rd row

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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP's #maverickvinales and #valentinorossi will start tomorrow's Gran Premio de España from the second and third row of the grid after taking fourth and seventh place respectively in todays qualifying session.

Viñales was the last rider out this afternoon to clock a time in Q2 and immediately moved up to provisional fourth place, before the pace picked up. He put his head down and improved his time to a 138.677s to promote to third on the provisional front row and returned to the box. On a one-stop strategy, he entered pit lane with seven minutes of the session remaining and went back out on track one and a half minute later.

He had just enough time for two more tries and didn't hesitate to put the hammer down to drop a 1'38s lap, but he was unable to improve on his earlier achievement. His second hot lap of the session was fast enough to hold fourth place, 0.428s from pole, on the second row of the grid.

Teammate Rossi took a little while to get underway at the start of the 15-minute qualifying heat, allowing most of the traffic to leave before him. He entered a relatively empty track, but was struggling to breach into the top of the timesheets. His best lap on his first run, a 1'39.305s, kept him in tenth place as he entered the pits with less than seven minutes on the clock.

A little more than two minutes later, he was back out again and clearly on a mission. Having dropped to 11th place in the meantime, he was determined to better his position and had two more chances to strive for a top result, which he took with both hands to drop under the 139-mark on his first try. His best lap, a 1'38.908s, 0.659s from the front, earned him seventh on the grid for tomorrow's race.