Marc Marquez grabbed his fourth pole position of the 2013 season with record breaking laps at the Indianapolis circuit.
The MotoGP rookie broke the 2012 pole position record that his team mate Dani Pedrosa held by three tenths of a second, but his second flying lap stopped the clock in 1:37.
958 – the only rider to break into the 1.
37s – and more than five tenths faster than his own previous record breaking lap time.
Marquez was untouchable, as he has been all weekend long, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa who are still not completely fit will share the front row with Marquez and they were both more than half a second adrift.
Cal Crutchlow missed out on a front row start by a mere 0.
017s to take fourth ahead of Alvaro Bautista and Nicky Hayden with his sixth spot was more than 1.
1 seconds.
Bradley Smith was seventh and opening the third row, while Stefan Bradl crashed out for the third time this weekend.
The German rider lost the front of his Honda at turn 1, sliding out again and unable to repeat his previous performances in free practices ending up 8th.
Even worse was Valentino Rossi.
The Italian was unable to use the softer tires effectively and ended up just ninth, his worse qualifying session of the season.
Andrea Dovizioso was 10th ahead of Pramac’s Andrea Iannone and Colin Edwards who finished his first ever Q2 session in 12th and this was the best result for the American this season, equalling his 2012 Sachsenring grid start.
2013 MotoGP Indianapolis Qualifying 2 results:01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’37.
958 02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
513 03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
527 04- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
544 05- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.
914 06- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.
184 07- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
297 08- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.
355 09- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
398 10- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.
597 11- Andrea Iannone – Energy T.
I.
Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 2.
084 12- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Kawasaki – + 2.
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