MotoGP News
Date:
20/April/2013
Rookie Marc Marquez heads into Sunday’s inaugural Grand Prix
of the Americas ready to re-write the record books by turning his first pole into
a debut MotoGP victory.
The 20-year-old Spaniard became the youngest rider to take a
premier-class pole position on Saturday, shrugging off a practice fall to
continue the dominance he has shown at the new Texan circuit ever since a
private test in March.
Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa was the only rider
within one-second of Marquez and the pair look set to dispute victory in the
race. Should Marquez prevail, he will break another record set by Freddie
Spencer in the early 1980s, as the youngest ever race winner.
Marquez, who beat Pedrosa to claim third place on his MotoGP
debut last time in Qatar, said:
"We are happy because we took our first pole position
which is important and exciting! We knew we could fight for pole, but you never
know what will happen in the session. Both Dani and Jorge are fast over a
single lap, and we managed to overcome them.
“The important stuff starts tomorrow, because we have a
long, physical race with many of changes of direction to deal with. We need to
be ready, because tomorrow is what really counts and I will do the best that I
can!"
Qatar winner and reigning double World Champion Jorge
Lorenzo admits his best chance of victory is to exploit any unexpected problems
for the Honda riders.
“If something strange happens we can fight for the win, but
in normal conditions third is a really good position for tomorrow,” Lorenzo
said. “We hope that the race is going to be better than qualifying and we can
be closer to Marc and Dani.”
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