MotoGP News
Date:
28/September/2013
Sunday’s Aragon MotoGP could be one of the closest races of
the season, with the top four riders covered by just 0.158s during qualifying.
On pole with a record-breaking pace was rookie World
Championship leader Marc Marquez, but main title rival Jorge Lorenzo was just
0.010s behind.
Marquez’s Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa completed an
all-Spanish front row, for their third home event of the season, with Lorenzo’s
Yamaha colleague Valentino Rossi in fourth place.
“Qualifying was close, everybody was so fast,” said Marquez,
who holds a 34-point lead over Lorenzo and Pedrosa with five events to go. “I
didn’t expect that lap time.
“I know tomorrow will be tough and it will be interesting to
see how we can manage the tyres to the end of the race, but we are ready to
fight.”
Marquez has been beaten by Lorenzo at the past two events,
with the reigning double Champion renowned for breaking away in the early laps.
“I don’t have any strategy,” said Marquez. “I know that
tomorrow Jorge will push a lot in the first laps as always. If I feel good I
will try to follow him, if not I will wait and try to make a good finish.”
While Marquez took the single-lap honours, Lorenzo set an
ominous pace in final practice.
“In Free Practice 4 we made a long run to see how the front
tyre would react and the bike was much better than yesterday,” said Lorenzo. “I
did a really impressive lap time in qualifying, we broke the lap record by more
than half a second, but Marc was a little bit quicker!
“But we are on the front row and have a really good pace for
tomorrow, that is the most important thing. As at Misano, me and Valentino are
both fast. We are getting evolutions on the bike and closing the gap to Honda.
“Maybe tomorrow we can see a beautiful race between us all.”
Both Lorenzo and Marquez have won five races so far this
year.
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