Pole for Marquez at the first Grand Prix of 2014 Despite only returning
to riding his Repsol Honda machine on Thursday after breaking his leg
in preseason training, Marquez showed his rivals he means business again
in 2014 with a great charge to pole with a 1’54.507 lap. GO&FUN
Honda Gresini’s Bautista had provisional pole but eventually qualified
second by a +0.057s margin, whilst Smith was also close to the top spot
missing out by less than a tenth. That result is Smith’s first ever
premier class front row qualifying effort and was a great response to
his FP3 horror crash. Another solid effort for Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati
Team) sees him head the second row, with Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha
MotoGP) and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) managing to pull something
out of the bag in fifth and sixth respectively having struggled for
much of the weekend so far. Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) leads the
third row with a time just 0.364s off the pace, with Q1 participant Cal
Crutchlow (Ducati Team) improving to eighth.
A disastrous session for
Aleix Espargaro (NGMForward Racing) saw him qualify ninth, having
walked away from two crashes, appearing to crack under the pressure of
Q2. He had led the way earlier in the weekend and was furious with
himself after both falls. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
starts in the unfamiliar territory of row four, ahead of Andrea Iannone
(Pramac Racing) and Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3).
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