Moto2 Sepang, Qualifying: Pole Position for “Polyccio” Espargarò

“Polyccio” Espargarò took pole position in the Moto2 class in Sepang (the sixth of the season), the scene of the third to last stage of the 2012 world championship. The Spanish rider from the Pons team, the only one who can still chase dreams of glory in world championship (even though he knows it will be very difficult to keep the championship open), he achieved it with a time of 2:06.962, the only rider to go below the two minute and seven mark.

With him on the front row tomorrow also the Briton of the Marc VDS Racing Team, Scott Redding (on Kalex) and the world championship leader Marc Marquez (Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol), who precedes the Team Pons rider in the championship by 53 points. Espargarò will therefore have to try to get ahead of the next Honda MotoGP rider, otherwise the world championship will be awarded tomorrow.

Excellent fourth time and therefore second row for Takaaki Nakagami, the fastest of Free Practice 3. The Team Italtrans rider preceded the Frenchman of Team JiR Johann Zarco and the British Bradley Smith, who after yesterday's fall runs with two fingers of fractured foot.

Third row and seventh time for Esteve Rabat, also on a Team Pons Kalex. The Spaniard, who has a gap from team-mate Pol Espargarò of 812 thousandths, precedes the Swiss Thomas Luthi (on Suter of Team Interwetten-Paddock) and the San Marino Alex de Angelis, ninth and in pain after yesterday's bad flight. Closing the Top Ten is the Swiss Dominique Aegerter, driver of the Technomag-CIP Team.

Our Andrea Iannone and Simone Corsi follow him, just over a second behind the top. Not an easy round for the Speed ​​Up driver and the Ioda FTR driver, who however could be protagonists again in the races tomorrow given the not exactly abysmal gap. Alessandro Andreozzi (with the second Speed ​​Up of Team Speed ​​Master) finished in 29th position.