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.
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