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Qualifying Report

Saturday, Oct 24th 2015

Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix MotoGP 2015   Round 17 Pedrosa smashes lap record with Marquez completing 1-2 for Repsol Honda Team Dani Pedrosa has taken an incredible pole position for tomorrow’s Malaysian GP – his first since Catalunya 2014 – and with it broken the current lap record by over seven tenths of a second. His teammate, Marc Marquez, secured second place on the grid, celebrating the team’s third 1-2 start of 2015 (also in Sachsenring, Indianapolis). With most riders aiming aiming to complete three exits in qualifying, Dani decided on only two and waited before exiting the garage in order to have more space on track without traffic. He executed his plan perfectly, and on his first flying lap he broke the lap record with his time of 1’59.053 – beating the 2014 record by 0.738 seconds (1’59.791 – Marquez) – and six tenths faster than second place Marc. Marc made a small mistake on his second run – lucky not to crash – and returned immediately to the garage. On his final run, he confirmed his second place on the grid bettering his time with 1’59.462 on his final lap. Dani was unable to top his first time, but still managed an impressive 1’59.431 on his second run. Tomorrow’s race will begin at 15h00 local time.

Dani Pedrosa  26 1st  1'59.053 "The team did a great job! We will have to concentrate a lot in the race, because the tyres are suffering at this track so there is the possibility of making mistakes, and we must be attentive on every lap. I will try to ride as best I can, but I’m sure that the bike and tyres will have a tough time. We will have to see how the track is tomorrow, because with so much heat we might not have as much grip as now; we will have to feel it out on the first few laps."

Marc Marquez  93 2nd  1'59.462 "Dani did a great lap, which was difficult to beat! We will try to give 100% from the start of the race, which I think will be tough physically, but I think we are good in terms of our race pace. I am finding things harder with fresh tyres here - compared to other circuits - especially the front and that was seen when I came close to crashing! We have been doing quite well during the weekend; we’re not totally comfortable but we’re handling the situation well and finding our race pace."

Results Session Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'59.053 2 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'59.462 3 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'59.726 4 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'59.737 5 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 2'00.199 6 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 2'00.224 7 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 2'00.423 8 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2'00.478 9 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'00.652 10 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 2'00.724 11 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2'00.724 12 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'00.794 13 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 2'01.223 14 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2'01.346 15 REDDING Scott 45 GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 2'01.367 16 MILLER Jack 43 AUS LCR Honda Honda 2'01.725 17 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2'01.727 18 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL Pramac Racing Ducati 2'01.748 19 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 2'01.829 20 BAZ Loris 76 FRA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 2'01.862 21 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 2'02.415 22 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 2'02.460 23 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 2'02.964 24 WEST Anthony 13 AUS AB Motoracing Honda 2'03.855 25 CUDLIN Damian 55 AUS E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 2'06.051

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Location Information Specifically built for speed and exciting racing, the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia is one of the world’s best. The 2,300 acre complex which also houses a hotel, shopping centre, golf course and other sports facilities cost around £50m to construct and was built in just 14 months, holding its… read more.

Length 5.543 kilometres / 3.444 miles Width 25 metres Left corners 5 Right corners 10 Longest straight 0.920 kilometres / 0.572 miles Constructed 1998 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 59.053s (167.6km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2015) Race Lap 2m 01.150s (164.7km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Time 40m 45.191s (163.3 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) 2014 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) Sepang International Circuit Klia Pahang Malaysia –  View in Google Maps

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