2013 COTA MotoGP QP Result

By Mike Lewis | Sat, 20/04/2013 - 20:34

Results and summary of qualifying for MotoGP:

Marc Marquez continued his brilliant form grabbing pole position for the first-ever MotoGP race at the COTA circuit near Austin, Texas. The Repsol Honda rookie was fastest in nearly each session on every day at the new track. He finished two-tenths up on teammate Dani Pedrosa, who qualified second. Jorge Lorenzo, on the top-qualifying Yamaha, filled out the front row as third fastest but remained a daunting second behind leader Marquez.

As remarkable as Marquez's riding has been -- and it does have fans betting that on Sunday he'll take Fast Freddie Spencer's record as the youngest GP winner -- equally impressive is Aleix Espargaro's ninth place qualifying on the ART bike, only .009 from Valentino Rossi's fast lap for eighth. Putting a CRT bike into the top ten is difficult enough but doing it on a new track with no prior testing got everyone's attention -- particularly factory riders on the final year of their contracts.

Results:

Pos. No. Rider Bike Time Diff. / Prev.
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 2'03.021  
2 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda 2'03.275 0.254 / 0.254
3 99 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha 2'04.100 1.079 / 0.825
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Yamaha 2'04.267 1.246 / 0.167
5 6 Stefan BRADL Honda 2'04.445 1.424 / 0.178
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 2'04.873 1.852 / 0.428
7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Honda 2'04.942 1.921 / 0.069
8 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 2'05.380 2.359 / 0.438
9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO ART 2'05.389 2.368 / 0.009
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati 2'05.568 2.547 / 0.179
11 38 Bradley SMITH Yamaha 2'06.740 3.719 / 1.172
12 11 Ben SPIES Ducati 2'07.044 4.023 / 0.304
13 29 Andrea IANNONE Ducati 2'06.872 0.760 / 0.281
14 14 Randy DE PUNIET ART 2'07.129 1.017 / 0.257
15 8 Hector BARBERA FTR 2'07.717 1.605 / 0.588
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ ART 2'07.738 1.626 / 0.021
17 70 Michael LAVERTY PBM 2'08.259 2.147 / 0.521
18 5 Colin EDWARDS FTR Kawasaki 2'08.475 2.363 / 0.216
19 71 Claudio CORTI FTR Kawasaki 2'08.792 2.680 / 0.317
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ioda-Suter 2'08.825 2.713 / 0.033
21 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA FTR 2'09.062 2.950 / 0.237
22 67 Bryan STARING FTR Honda 2'10.098 3.986 / 1.036
23 52 Lukas PESEK Ioda-Suter 2'10.507 4.395 / 0.409
24 79 Blake YOUNG APR 2'10.606 4.494 / 0.099
25 17 Karel ABRAHAM ART 2'23.317 17.205 / 12.711

 

2013
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MotoGP
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Comments

Who can stop him is right. Wow!! What a performance from him! Dani did well to come within 3 tenths. Big Marquez fan here. Wanting to see him lead a race and control it. If Dani can stay with him for the first half. It's going to be a fight between them. If Marc can't handle to pace out front, I tip Dani for the win here.

He's about two inches away from dragging his HIP!!!! Stunning performance!!!! Qual'ing and racing are two totally different animals, but, if he can make it through the first lap anywhere near Dani.....look out!

There's an outside chance that Pedrosa may be able to challenge Marquez for the win (though I wouldn't bet on it) and a possibility of Crutchlow giving Lorenzo a run for his money.

Then again, we may be back to the processional GPs of the past few years...

Absolutely astounding. Would you class this as a circuit that would offer some assistance to the CRTs? I wouldn't think so given the length of the straight etc.

I would truly love to see what he could do on a full factory bike. I think we are seeing the future of MotoGP passing gradually into some very good hands with the like of him and Marquez. Bradley Smith will also improve in time. His last lap in the first qualifying session showed the sort of moxy he has got. Really enjoyable to watch these guys in action.

PS. I think Alpinestar needs a new material for MMs elbow sliders. Even the titanium won't last long with that sort of grinding :-)

Does anyone know about consistent lap times in the free practices? As in were the the qualifying times more one off then anything? Did anyone show some 10 lap race pace consistency?