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After three perfect free practices at the TT Circuit Van Drenthe at Assen Pol Espargaro had to concede the pole position to rival Marc Marquez, his fifth of the season.
After posting the best lap in qualifying a 1′37.
133, the CatalunyaCaixa Repsol rider suffered a highside in the dying minutes of the session at turn 5 and it was his second of the day.
Espargaro ended up 2nd and he was 0.
455s adrift while Andrea Iannone took a distant third with his Speed Up machine.
Coming in fourth was Randy Krummenacher and he was already over a second from Marquez, but it was his best qualifying result so far.
Technomag CIP’s Dominque Aegerter jumped up to fifth, whole Simone Corse made it into the second row with his 6th and he pipped Scott Redding for the spot by just 0.
001s.
Bradley Smith was 8th followed by Alex de Angelis, with Thomas Luthi who fell back to close out the top ten and seems to be struggling in this part of the season after an excellent beginning.
There were a couple of more crashes in qualifying, Max Neukirchner, Johann Zarco and Claudio Corsi and both QMMF Racing Team riders, Anthony West and Elena Rosell.
For Rosell it put her tally at two in the same day, just like Marquez.
Moto2 Assen Qualifying Results:01- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – 1’37.
133 02- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
455 03- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 0.
823 04- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
146 05- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.
216 06- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 1.
267 07- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
268 08- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1.
281 09- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 1.
350 10- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 1.
355 11- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
378 12- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
392 13- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 1.
440 14- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
503 15- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 1.
509 16- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 1.
532 17- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
766 18- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
817 19- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1.
863 20- Axel Pons – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
058 21- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 2.
067 22- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 2.
074 23- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 2.
124 24- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 2.
169 25- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 2.
451 26- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 2.
495 27- Alexander Lundh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 2.
808 28- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 3.
200 29- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 3.
542 30- Damian Cudlin – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 2012 – + 3.
613 31- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 3.
837 32- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 4.
143 33- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 5.
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