Moto2 Phillip Island, Qualifying: Pole and Record for Pol Espargarò

Pol Espargarò achieved pole position in the Moto2 class Australian Grand Prix, the penultimate stage of the 2012 world championship, which will end on 11 November on the Valencia circuit. The Team Pons driver achieved it with a new Australian track record, 1:33.705.

A great "Polyccio", who will try to go away tomorrow on his Kalex and who in qualifying preceded the British Scott Redding, also on a Kalex, but of the Marc VDS Racing Team, by more than half a second. On the front row with them will be world championship leader Marc Marquez, who will have his second match point of the season tomorrow, given his 48 point lead over his compatriot Espargarò.

The Swiss Thomas Luthi will open the second row, riding the Suter. The Team Interwetten-Paddock rider who lapped in 1:34.513 will be joined by the Japanese from Team Italtrans Takaaki Nakagami and his compatriot Randy Krumemnacher, riding the Kalex of GP Team Switzerland.

Seventh time and third row for the Frenchman Johann Zarco. The rider of Team JiR (led by Gianluca Montiron) is just under a second from the top, behind him the first of the Italian riders, our Andrea Iannone, riding the Speed ​​Up of Team Speed ​​Master.

The driver from Abruzzo who will therefore start from the third row is immediately ahead of the home driver Anthony West, also on Speed ​​Up, but from the QMMF Racing Team. Spaniard Esteve Rabat closes the Top Ten, riding the second Kalex of Team Pons. Eleventh time instead for Simone Corsi, riding the Ioda Racing FTR.

Qualifying to forget for Alex de Angelis, winner last Sunday in Sepang. The San Marino rider from Team NGM Mobile Forward Racing finished 22nd and also crashed disastrously at the end of the session, injuring his left hand. A day to forget for him therefore, whose physical conditions must be checked in view of tomorrow's race. The last of the Italian drivers is Alessandro Andreozzi, twenty-seventh with the second Speed ​​Up of the Speed ​​Master team.