Marquez takes second MotoGP pole of 2015 in Argentina
Marc Marquez was back to his dominant self in qualifying for the MotoGP race in Argentina, the factory Honda rider sealing his second pole position of the year.
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
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Aleix Espargaro gave Suzuki its first front row start in its newest MotoGP venture, with Andrea Iannone third on the factory Ducati.
Starting from fourth tomorrow will be LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow, who beat Jorge Lorenzo on the factory Yamaha.
Taking the final spot on the second row was Andrea Dovizioso on the second factory Ducati while the third row will be headed up by Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci, who qualified ahead of Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales.
Starting from the front of the fourth row will be Bradley Smith on the Tech 3 Yamaha while Scott Redding starts from 11th for the Marc VDS team ahead of Avintia's Hector Barbera.
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/ Gap |
1 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1m37.802 |
2 | Aleix Espargaro | Suzuki | 0.514 |
3 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 0.665 |
4 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 0.683 |
5 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 0.683 |
6 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 0.718 |
7 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 0.984 |
8 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1.088 |
9 | Maverick Vinales | Suzuki | 1.385 |
10 | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 1.395 |
11 | Scott Redding | Honda | 1.578 |
12 | Héctor Barbera | Ducati | 2.724 |
13 | Yonny Hernandez | Ducati | 1.603 |
14 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 1.632 |
15 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 1.913 |
16 | Stefan Bradl | Forward Yamaha | 1.932 |
17 | Karel Abraham | Honda | 1.956 |
18 | Pol Espargaro | Yamaha | 2.006 |
19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 2.026 |
20 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 2.074 |
21 | Jack Miller | Honda | 2.086 |
22 | Loris Baz | Forward Yamaha | 2.170 |
23 | Mike Di Meglio | Ducati | 2.331 |
24 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 2.601 |
25 | Alex de Angelis | ART | 2.683 |
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