Repsol Honda's Marquez Takes 6th Pole of Season, Pedrosa 4th in MotoGP Round 6 Qualifying for Mugello Italian Grand Prix

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Gran Premio d’Italia Round 6 - Saturday, May 31st 2014   Italy - Qualifying Report Weather conditions Sunny spells 23°C Air temp 40°C Track temp 35% Humidity Marquez continues perfect 2014 with sixth straight pole Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has taken his 6th consecutive pole of the 2014 season, in as many rounds, with teammate Dani Pedrosa in fourth. After the strange weather yesterday, when light rain prevented many of the riders going out on track in the afternoon, the sun was shining today in Mugello. Dani, who struggled with the setup in yesterday’s FP1 improved significantly this morning, posting the fastest time on track in FP3 (1’47.754), with Marc just 0.261s behind him in second (1’48.015). The Repsol Honda duo remained 1st and 2nd in FP4, but only Marc was able to continue this through to qualifying and snatched his sixth pole in six races with a time of 1’47.270 on lap three of eight. Dani improved on his time from this morning, but made a small mistake and touched the mapping button reducing his power slightly. His time of 1’47.584 – on his final lap of eight – placed him on the second row of the grid in fourth, missing the front row by just 0.063s. Team Quotes 1st - 1'47.270 "I'm very happy to have taken this pole position at a track that I found very difficult last year. I've felt good on the bike right from the opening practice session this time around, and this shows that we are working well this season - because in 2013 it was much harder to be up at the front. As for the race, it will be difficult to break away and do what I've been doing up to now, because at this track you tend to ride in a group and things are more tightly packed. However, I will try to give 100% in order to fight for the victory” 4th - 1'47.584 “Today qualifying went better than in Le Mans, and we had good sessions - especially in FP4. I think that the bike was working fairly well, although when we put on the second tyre option in qualifying I made a small mistake - which I didn’t realise until afterwards - and I touched the engine mapping button which lowered my power and I wasn’t able to improve my time. Tomorrow we will try to start well and have a good race, it seems that the pace of the other riders is very evenly matched, but we will do all that we can” qualifying results   Gran Premio d’Italia - Round 6 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'47.270 2 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'47.450 3 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 1'47.521 4 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'47.584 5 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'47.612 6 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 1'47.659 7 Bradley Smith 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'47.681 8 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'47.754 9 Stefan Bradl 6 GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'47.765 10 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 1'47.791 11 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 1'48.132 12 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 1'48.218 13 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'48.722 14 Scott Redding 45 GBR Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 1'48.754 15 Michele Pirro 51 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'48.794 16 Karel Abraham 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 1'48.894 17 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'49.505 18 Colin Edwards 5 USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 1'49.780 19 Hector Barbera 8 ESP Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1'49.932 20 Michael Laverty 70 GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 1'50.505 21 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1'50.515 22 Broc Parkes 23 AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1'50.875 23 Michel Fabrizio 84 ITA IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 1'53.116 24 Nicky Hayden 69 USA Drive M7 Aspar HONDA DNS Copyright Free Images - For Editorial use only For more images please click here Circuit Information View circuit page at www.repsolhondateam.com Length 5.245 m / 3.259 miles Width 14m Left corners 6 Right corners 9 Longest straight 1.141 m / 0.709 miles Constructed 1974 Modified     Via Senni, 15 50038 Scarperia Province of Florence Italy Tel: +39 055 849 9111   www.mugellocircuit.it   Pole Position 1m 47.157s (176.2 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) Race Lap 1m 47.639s (175.4 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) Race Time 41m 37.477s (173.889km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2012) 2012 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2013 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan