MotoGP Brno: Pole for Marc Marquez, Rossi second ahead of Pedrosa
Fourth pole of the season for the Honda rider, Rossi at just 92 thousandths
GP Czech Republic MotoGP Qualifying – Marc Marquez won the pole position of the Czech Republic Grand Prix, tenth stage of the 2017 Motorcycle World Championship.
For the Honda rider it is the fourth pole of the season, number 41 in MotoGP, number 69 in his career.
Marquez achieved it with a time of 1:54.981, a time that allowed him to beat our Valentino Rossi, author of a great qualifying, by just 92 thousandths. The Yamaha champion precedes the other official Honda, that of Dani Pedrosa, 0.138s off the top.
Andrea Dovizioso's Ducati will open the second row, bringing his Desmosedici GP17 without the new fairing ahead of the Honda of Cal Crutchlow and team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who was also on track today with the new Ducati fairing. The Majorcan suffers a gap from Marquez of 0.571s.
Third row for the Yamaha of Maverick Vinales, for the Ducati of Team Pramac of Danilo Petrucci from Terni and for the Ducati of Team Aspar of Alvaro Bautista.
Johann Zarco will start from the fourth row ahead of Aleix Espargarò and Loris Baz.
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The weather is the real unknown, with slightly lower temperatures in FP3 Vinales was very fast, but starts from behind, Marquez is the rider to beat with higher temperatures, perhaps more attackable with lower temperatures, but he must be dry . However, with the wet it is really difficult to say who would risk more and who would have a better feeling.
The others really have similar paces, and consistency in a dry race will be crucial.
The Ducatis and Lorenzo don't seem to be in bad shape, and Pedrosa, Marquez and perhaps Crutchlow too, given the test, will have clearer ideas about tire wear and how to save them.