Valentino Rossi secured his first pole position of 2015, the first one after Valencia 2014 by breaking the old lap record. The 36 year old Italian set a scorching 1:32.627 laptime with over a minute and a half to spare. The qualifying session was action packed for the last couple of minutes, with the whole grid being changed by faster laptimes.
Valentino expressed his worry over his poor qualifying sessions and stated that he needs to be in the front rows to win races. Valentino's dominance started off right from Free Practice 1 (FP1), and his Pole setting lap is almost 1.1 seconds off the previous record held By Casey Stoner on the Repsol Honda, in 2012.
Aleix Espargaro, the golden boy for Team Suzuki Ecstar was on the verge of clinching his second consecutive pole position in 2015, and the second consecutive pole at Assen by lapping a 1:32.827- The first ever Laptime in the 1:32's at the Dutch circuit. Aleix had to face Qualifying 1 as he failed to complete in the Top-10 in FP3.
Third place was up for grabs- and it was the Reigning world champion Marc Marquez who completes the first row for tomorrow's race. Marquez, who struggled with the 2015 bike has switched back to the 2014 bike's chassis and 2015's internals. This formula worked for him, as he topped FP4 and led the proceedings in Q2 with a 1:33.005 lap, but clung onto third place after his teammate Dani Pedrosa moved to fourth.
Dani Pedrosa is on the second row, after a motivating third place at his home race in Catalunya. The Honda rider is recovering from his arm pump surgery he had a few weeks ago, and seems to have settled well with the bike after leading FP2 with the fastest laptime on Thursday.
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By: Suraj
Valentino expressed his worry over his poor qualifying sessions and stated that he needs to be in the front rows to win races. Valentino's dominance started off right from Free Practice 1 (FP1), and his Pole setting lap is almost 1.1 seconds off the previous record held By Casey Stoner on the Repsol Honda, in 2012.
Valentino in action at the TT Assen circuit (Source- Valentino Rossi VR46 official Facebook page)
Aleix Espargaro, the golden boy for Team Suzuki Ecstar was on the verge of clinching his second consecutive pole position in 2015, and the second consecutive pole at Assen by lapping a 1:32.827- The first ever Laptime in the 1:32's at the Dutch circuit. Aleix had to face Qualifying 1 as he failed to complete in the Top-10 in FP3.
Aleix Espargaro (On the Blue Suzuki) with his Younger brother Pol in the background. (Source- Aleix Espargaro Facebook page)
Third place was up for grabs- and it was the Reigning world champion Marc Marquez who completes the first row for tomorrow's race. Marquez, who struggled with the 2015 bike has switched back to the 2014 bike's chassis and 2015's internals. This formula worked for him, as he topped FP4 and led the proceedings in Q2 with a 1:33.005 lap, but clung onto third place after his teammate Dani Pedrosa moved to fourth.
Marc Marquez on the Hybrid Honda RC213V (Source- Marc Marquez Facebook Page)
Dani Pedrosa is on the second row, after a motivating third place at his home race in Catalunya. The Honda rider is recovering from his arm pump surgery he had a few weeks ago, and seems to have settled well with the bike after leading FP2 with the fastest laptime on Thursday.
***The Grid for today's race
With Rain forecast for the only Saturday Race in the calendar, don't miss the race today at 17:30 IST on Ten sports and Ten action or stay tuned to BikesIndia as we will bring you the latest updates of the race.
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By: Suraj
