The Repsol Honda Team riders will share the front row tomorrow after landing the first two grid positions in the MotoGP qualifying today at Aragon.
Dani Pedrosa and Marc Maquez had an excellent second day at Motorland Aragon, which saw the duo grab the top two start positions for tomorrow’s race. Championship leader Marquez logged his eleventh pole of the season and will share the front row with Repsol Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, who finished the session in second despite having led the field in the final minutes.
Marquez lead the field during the two practice sessions held today, displaying a consistent pace for the race tomorrow. Pedrosa finished seventh in the third session and third in the fourth, improving his pace considerably to put him next to his teammate on pole position on Saturday.
During the intense 15 minute session against the clock, Marquez started strong out of the box, with Pedrosa managing to lead the time sheets in the last minutes of qualifying with a time of 1:47.549 until his teammate surpassed him on the very last lap of the day, a 1:47.187 –to achieve his 11th pole of the season.
Tomorrow, Motorland Aragon hosts the fourteenth round of the season, which the forecast reports rain for the entire day.
Marc Marquez >> Audio
1st – 1:47.187, 41 laps, 208 km
“Qualifying went very well, continuing the form that we have had so far this weekend! We have focused a lot of our work on our race pace, looking less at setting a one-off lap time and more at finding a strong pace. Things are looking good for the race, although Dani also has a very good pace, so we’ll have to see tomorrow!”
Dani Pedrosa >> Audio
2nd – 1:47.549, 41 laps, 208 km
“Today we had a good qualifying session. In other races we have had difficulties because we haven’t started from the front, but today we managed to set a good lap. I think that the practice sessions also went well for us, and tomorrow in the race we will be as competitive as possible. Marc is setting some very good times, so we will try to fight for the win against him! It will be important to get a good start, although the race is long and the pace will play a big part, so we will have keep our concentration on every corner.”
