MotoGP Valencia: Pole position for Valentino Rossi, who mocks Andrea Iannone
Two Italian riders ahead of everyone in Valencia, the last stage of the 2014 world championship
Valentino Rossi won the pole position of the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community, the eighteenth and final stage of the 2014 world championship, which will take place tomorrow on the Ricardo Tormo circuit.
The nine-time world champion achieved it with a time of 1:30.843, achieving a bit of a surprise with his 60th career pole, and his 50th in the Top Class. Also on the front row was a great Andrea Iannone, only beaten by the Pesaro rider under the checkered flag. After yesterday's very difficult day, the Ducati rider returned to being a great protagonist, achieving a very precious front row.
With them there will be a Honda, but not that of the two-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, but that of his team-mate Dani Pedrosa. In fact, Marquez slipped and was unable to take advantage of his chances.
Jorge Lorenzo will instead start from the second row, right in front of Marquez and Pol Espargarò. Third row for Andrea Dovizioso's Ducati, who finished in ninth position behind Bradley Smith and team-mate Cal Crutchlow.
The last time two Italians were ahead of everyone (with Rossi first) dates back to the 2006 Czech Republic GP, when the Pesaro native took pole ahead of Loris Capirossi, with the latter astride the Ducati. Valentino Rossi's last pole was in 2010, obtained on the Le Mans circuit ahead of Jorge Lorenzo.
Let's remember that tomorrow the Pesaro rider will have to defend the 12 point advantage he has over Lorenzo to secure second place in the world championship.
Photos: Alessandro Giberti
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He took pole at a track where he has always fared badly, even when he was the one who won 10 races a season... With each race he has more and more confidence, and instead of getting older he seems to get younger. Compliments!
Must fix T4 though..
Well done Iannone too!
Great antics of the surprise, Lorenzo naively made him stand behind his ass to take his braking points as a reference and extend them by a few centimeters and take advantage of the slipstreams on the straights.... but what a surprise that I'm on pole!!!! except that when other people do it, it's not good...
Dovizioso does it every week, only when Rossi does it it's not good ;)
How many times have you seen Rossi do slipstream times this year? I think it's the first time...
dear tonykart, you missed another opportunity to shut up and avoid other mmmmm figures ;)
it's hard huh??? catch this pole toniscarto!
It's a great satisfaction to read the gnawing opinions of the "usual IDI0TIs"... Anyway, Tony, I see that you've become more aware, you've stopped risking stupid predictions.. In the end, after the many disgraces suffered at the hands of Rossi, you too, you have finally understood that it is better to keep quiet and gnaw in silence…. Good, keep going this way…..
It is clear that Lorenzo's reference but above all with the strong wind, the slipstream in T4 gave him pole.
But I wouldn't be scandalized, he was lucky enough to have Lorenzo in front on the final lap, when the tires had dropped anyway, I don't think anyone was scandalized by the team games in Moto3, in which they fought every other lap...
Pole is often done like this with the reference of someone in front, this year I think only Marquez took pole without any reference.
Furthermore, Rossi was fast even without anyone's shot, while Iannone seemed to have set the time with Rossi 3 seconds ahead of him when he set his previous fastest lap.
Without his last lap in Lorenzo's wake he was fifth, about 250 thousandths from Iannone's pole position achieved with the SOFT on the rear, and 2 tenths from Pedrosa and probably would have improved by a little even without Lorenzo's shot so perhaps he could have arrived ahead of Marquez even without the shot. In short, he was faster than usual, faster than he expected and he was lucky and good at exploiting Lorenzo's references out of nowhere, and the strong wind probably gave him an advantage given that he was in the slipstream.
The race will be another story, he must not lose the first position and set the pace as first if possible for as long as possible and hope that the tires last and that the others put them in difficulty, because for now the pace is worse.
I think that Lorenzo was in hiding in FP4 and still has something, but for now Marquez and Pedrosa are in better shape in my opinion, even if it is difficult to read the times, because they all did a lot of testing, we will see in the race what conditions we have they may be, but the Hondas certainly actually seem to be better off over the race distance, we'll see if the Yamaha riders, perhaps with a good start, will be able to make a bit of a breakthrough and make the race more interesting.
You're absolutely right, this "little boy" learns something new every race, he will never be a champion like Criville, Roberts, Biaggi, Capirossi, Gibernau, Pedrosa, Stoner Lorenzo, Marquez but he likes riding a motorbike... and in my opinion between cents 'years, someone will still talk about it'!!!!!!!!!
But you are the King of clowns, what are you talking about, go and bury yourself under a truck of m3rd@, CLOWN!!!
Sorry but what tires did Marquez set his FP4 time on? Maybe I'm wrong... but is Vale's pole just a little better than Marc's FP4 time??
On pole they went slower due to the strong wind.
It is not true.
It would have been enough for you to look at the rehearsal times to save yourself the usual inc@mp@t@nz@ outburst.
Now let's get your hands full, so maybe you can make people believe that I wrote nonsense.
It's not such a difficult task to make people believe that you write nonsense... When do you ever write sensible things...??
Oh no? because how did Ligera go? The temperatures may have had an impact, but go read Pedrosa and Dovizioso's statements on how the wind had an influence by changing all the braking points and making them make mistakes. The wind was not the only reason why times similar to FP3 were achieved, but it was certainly the most influential factor. But you certainly know more than Dovizioso and Pedrosa... definitely! ;)
What are we holding on to today? In the wake, in the rubber or with Ezpeleta's help?
Today he deserves it all.
thank you very kind durim!! I didn't see anything live... I read the times here.
Toniscart, why don't you follow the example of the fat bibibibò head who, better late than never, realized that he had said a load of shit. Doesn't something light up in your little head when you see thousands of spectators in yellow in every corner of the planet? Doesn't anything light up in your skull seeing a 35 year old beat 20 year olds again? Don't you have any doubts when you see the ranking? Don't some questions arise when you type vale rossi on the web?
The only thing I think when I watch TV and see a lot of yellow is that the masses love goats like them...
It could also be a field of sunflowers, a lemon plantation, a multitude of anti-redheads with jaundice……………………
Have you read Tony?
According to some, it is the number, the multitude that determines things.
The free thinker is tied up in the corner and "thumbed".
You have to adapt to the crowd, follow the leader of the pack and always answer "yes sir".
Hold on Tony.
Speaking of fatman, I'm afraid he's been banned, he hasn't written a single line in a long, long time.
Fatman are you there? Take a shot, even mignon.
What do you want it to light up, instead of neurons it has the boogers of m3rd@, and despite the figures of m3rda worldwide this head of m3rd@ continues and insists.
This is beautiful.. Stupid people promoted to the rank of free thinkers.. Look, denying the evidence out of dislike doesn't make you "free thinkers" it just makes you stupid.... Do you all feel Pasolini...?? Anyway, don't worry, the fat guy hasn't left, he just changed his nickname, as is your custom when things go wrong...
One of the aspects I appreciate about Vale, besides obviously his incredible performances, is that, over time, he has become very modest. He makes no excuses when he comes in behind and has no problem recognizing the value of other riders. It is the maturity of someone who is at peace with himself because he knows what he is WORTH without delusions of omnipotence.
However, I believe that Bridgestone's Asymmetric is creating some problems for the riders, I think that Marquez may have fallen because he was using that tyre, the fall still occurred on a right-hand bend, perhaps like at Phillip Island the softer compound on the right shoulder of the tire, it is too soft and cools down too much when the temperature drops and there is a lot of wind, and misleads the riders who lose their bearings a bit, it seems to me that this may have influenced Marquez's fall.
It will be interesting to see what choices they make for the race and what temperatures and environmental conditions there will be.
Tomorrow Marquez wins in any case after a long battle with Lorenzo.
a stolen pole... which arrives 4 and a half years after the last one!
I have to say there is a lot to cheer about!!!!
it was the weather where and all the canaries insulted him because he was following the trail….
Now he's great!!!
coherence at full throttle!
Every time you have one.
In the end FATMAN will catch us and win by distance.
I like him because all his rivals respect and esteem him more than his detractors. this says it all.
If all Valentino's detractors watched the pre press conference they would realize how much they don't understand shit about motorbikes.
they asked randy, espargaro, marquez, jorg and bradel what they think of his worth and his season.
I'll just tell you that the tears fell.
now please, miss another opportunity to shut up and give us up..
And away we go gnawing………..!!!!!!!!!!
Stoner is retired, you go too m3rd@.
certainly, looking at the practice sessions, they didn't stand out that much, Vale and Andrea... for the race I see a Vale/Lorenzo challenge with Marquez on the ground
This time Valencretino goes to the ground, for sure.
This is the pace in Fp4.
Marquez: 1.31.medium
Pedrosa: 1.31.half
Iannone: 1.31.high – 1.32.low
Lorenzo: 1.31.mezzoalto – 1.32.bass
Crutchlow: 1.31.high – 1.32.medium
Dovizioso: 1.31.high – 1.32.lowMezzo
Valentino: 1.31.high – 1.32.lowMezzo
Espargaro P.: 1.32.low – 1.32.mezzo
Bradl: 1.32.bass – 1.32.mezzo
Smith: 1.32.middle – 1.33.bass
In Scia or not, Vale returns to pole after an infinity of time and it is right to recognize him when he finds the right lap.
TonyKart's clarification, if I'm not mistaken, was not intended to "condemn" Vale for the wake taken by Lorenzo (although very important, given the strong wind), but was made to underline, rightly in my opinion, that when Iannone or Dovizioso do it, Vale fans say that without the trail they wouldn't have been able to set the same times.
Considering the "metric" of judgment adopted, the same thing could also be said for Vale, if it applies to one, it must also apply to the other.
Marquez crashed, but still has excellent pace.
Dovizioso set a much worse time than he did in FP3. I haven't read anything of what the riders said yet, but there's definitely something that didn't work right.
Cruthclow seems like a “revived” pilot. Has he finally "learned" to ride the Ducati decently, or did he wake up at the end of the world championship only to return to the center of the news?
Iannone has always had high hopes which, in the race, he rarely keeps. It's like seeing Giuliano with the 1199 Panigale in the SBK version
Espargaro P. and Bradl, here, seem more "okay" compared to the last races.
Pirro returns to racing after a long time spent in development and here too he has something to prove in view of the tests that will be held once the world championship is over.
Hernandez, the other Ducati in contention, returned to the same levels as the Open, while in the previous races he had shown signs of notable improvement. However, it must always be remembered that each track has its own history.
The last Ducati is that of Spagnolo Barbera, cited for the bike he rides than anything else, even if he performs better in the race (at least we hope).
Exactly, I thought so but I didn't want to explain it because it wouldn't have been of any use anyway...
Well, so in your opinion next season he's fighting for the championship against Marquez???? or will it be a great success to win 2/3 races against 12/13 for another?...wow what a success!
How the yardstick has already changed, first he was boiled, then he always came fourth, he would have been fourth, then he would have achieved a few podiums, then won a few races now...
If by mistake he plays for the world championship until the end or by mistake he wins it over the age of 35 against a Marquez or a Lorenzo or a Pedrosa what will be asked of him to not be a successful rider, to beat the next 20 generations?
With today's conditions, I believe that this year's season was already a success considering that it was the one that, together with Lorenzo, gave Marquez the most trouble, perhaps the one that bothered Marquez more than all the others. others, and he is 35 years old, so this season even if he comes second even if he has won very little, he has already returned to good levels that especially you detractors had considered impossible because a recommended, a boiled down, the biggest bluff, so you has already put him in that place and if I were you I would ask myself some questions but you are ethically and morally incorrect so I certainly don't expect such a demonstration of intelligence...
Look, in my opinion he remains the "slowest" of those on the winning bikes. Lorenzo considers this season a failure because below his standard, Pedrosa doesn't exist and I can't explain how Honda continues to give him a bike...
So next season Marquez will still be the man to beat and we need to see if Lorenzo returns to his normal standard so easily it's 3 or 4
I'll tell you where fartman is. the farting man has returned to his original state….i.e. GAS!! the fart is on the circuit to blow into Dovizioso's ducati. That rich guy who, if analyzed according to your yardstick, could go straight to racing in the CIV next year without going through SBK.