Pol Espargaro takes maiden pole position at Silverstone
Published on 16 Jun 2012 by Toni M.
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After collecting zero points at Catalunya following the controversial collision with Marc Marquez, Pol Espargaro arrived at Silverstone all fired up and after dominating all three practice sessions, he also took his maiden pole position during today’s Moto2s qualifying at Silverstone - and making it three Spaniards in pole position in the three different categories, Maverick Vinales in Moto3, Alvaro Bautista in MotoGP and Espargaro.
The Pons rider laid down a best lap of 2’08″011 with eight minutes left in the session which remained virtually untouchable by the rest of the field, only Andrea Iannone came close in his last flying lap which put him in second and a little less than four tenths adrift and knocking Scott Redding into third.
Starting on the second row will be another Brit, Bradley Smith in fourth with Tech 3 Mistral 610 ahead of Marc Marquez who seems to be sufffering after his big crash during this morning’s FP3. Claudio Corti took 6th - he took the pole in 2010, while championship leader Thomas Luthi will start be starting in seventh after a crash on his last lap kept him from improving and he was ahead of Johann Zarco, Alex De Angelis 9th and Simone Corsi closed out the top ten.
Moto2s qualifying session also saw crashes by Tito Rabat, Max Neukirchner, Julian Simon and Takaaki Nakagami.
Moto2 Silverstone qualifying results:
01- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – 2’08.011
02- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 0.385
03- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.605
04- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 0.833
05- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – + 0.853
06- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.872
07- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 1.109
08- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1.342
09- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 1.628
10- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 1.765
11- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.790
12- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.819
13- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.983
14- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 2.066
15- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 2.069
16- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.081
17- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.143
18- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.191
19- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 2.265
20- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.287
21- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.372
22- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 2.462
23- Angel Rodriguez – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 2.910
24- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 2.976
25- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 3.372
26- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 3.643
27- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 3.702
28- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 3.753
29- Alexander Lundh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 4.073
30- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 5.254
31- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 5.491
32- Alessandro Andreozzi – Andreozzi Reparto Corse – FTR Moto M210 – + 6.622
33- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 6.792
34- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 7.013
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