Moto2 Valencia, Qualifying: “Pol” Position Espargarò

Pol Espargarò achieved his eighth pole position in Valencia out of eighteen qualifying sessions held in 2012. The Team Pons driver achieved it with a time of 1:35.191, a time 406 thousandths of that achieved by his compatriot and 2012 world champion Marc Marquez, who in any case will start from the last row tomorrow due to the penalty inflicted for the contact with Simone Corsi occurred yesterday during free practice.

So in the front row with "Polyccio" there will be the Swiss Thomas Luthi and the Japanese from Team Italtrans Takaaki Nakagami. The Spaniards of Team Aspar Nico Terol and Jordi Torres did well, closing the qualifications with the fifth and sixth times.

The Top Ten is closed by the Swiss of Team Technomag-CIP Dominique Aegerter, by the British Scott Redding (Kalex of the Marc VDS Racing Team) and by our Simone Corsi and Andrea Iannone. Eleventh is the Frenchman Johann Zarco who will race with Ioda Racing next year.

Further back the other Italians with Mattia Pasini (who here replaces the injured Alex de Angelis) 23rd and Alessandro Andreozzi 30th with the second Speed ​​Up of Team Speed ​​Master.