Espargaro takes Indy Moto2 pole

Pol Espargaro beat Moto2 title rival Marc Marquez to pole position at Indianapolis.

Unlike the preceding Moto3 and MotoGP session, Moto2 qualifying saw little incident and a relatively static lead order. Pons rider Espargaro established provisional pole with a 1m42.602s early on and was able to sit on a 0.231-second cushion back to Marquez, who he trails by 34 points in the standings. Marquez’s late runs were spoiled by traffic and mistakes.

Fellow championship contender Andrea Iannone hauled himself up to the final front row position in the closing stages, having previously been outside the top 10.

Julian Simon qualified fourth, sharing row two with Dominique Aegerter and Scott Redding.

There was no repeat of the violent accidents that had marred and delayed Moto3 and MotoGP qualifying. In one of the few incidents, Alex de Angelis fell early on, leaving him 16th on the grid.

Pos  Rider                 Team/Bike              Time       Gap
  1.  Pol Espargaro         Pons Kalex             1m42.602s
  2.  Marc Marquez          Monlau Suter           1m42.833s  + 0.231s
  3.  Andrea Iannone        Speed Master Speed Up  1m43.064s  + 0.462s
  4.  Julian Simon          Avintia Suter          1m43.363s  + 0.761s
  5.  Dominique Aegerter    Technomag-CIP Suter    1m43.468s  + 0.866s
  6.  Scott Redding         Marc VDS Kalex         1m43.548s  + 0.946s
  7.  Claudio Corti         Italtrans Kalex        1m43.607s  + 1.005s
  8.  Mika Kallio           Marc VDS Kalex         1m43.637s  + 1.035s
  9.  Thomas Luthi          Paddock Suter          1m43.646s  + 1.044s
 10.  Nicolas Terol         Aspar Suter            1m43.684s  + 1.082s
 11.  Takaaki Nakagami      Italtrans Kalex        1m43.698s  + 1.096s
 12.  Simone Corsi          Ioda FTR               1m43.753s  + 1.151s
 13.  Johann Zarco          JIR Motobi             1m43.979s  + 1.377s
 14.  Bradley Smith         Tech 3                 1m44.061s  + 1.459s
 15.  Esteve Rabat          Pons Kalex             1m44.063s  + 1.461s
 16.  Alex de Angelis       Forward FTR            1m44.078s  + 1.476s
 17.  Ricard Cardus         Arguinano AJR          1m44.117s  + 1.515s
 18.  Xavier Simeon         Tech 3                 1m44.291s  + 1.689s
 19.  Gino Rea              Gresini Suter          1m44.457s  + 1.855s
 20.  Mike di Meglio        MZ                     1m44.531s  + 1.929s
 21.  Yuki Takahashi        Forward FTR            1m44.543s  + 1.941s
 22.  Roberto Rolfo         Technomag-CIP Suter    1m44.555s  + 1.953s
 23.  Jordi Torres          Aspar Suter            1m44.656s  + 2.054s
 24.  Anthony West          QMMF Speed Up          1m44.686s  + 2.084s
 25.  Ratthapark Wilairot   Gresini Suter          1m45.002s  + 2.400s
 26.  Randy Krummenacher    Switzerland Kalex      1m45.139s  + 2.537s
 27.  Axel Pons             Pons Kalex             1m45.217s  + 2.615s
 28.  Max Neukirchner       Kiefer Kalex           1m45.222s  + 2.620s
 29.  Marcel Schrotter      SAG Bimota             1m45.935s  + 3.333s
 30.  Alessandro Andreozzi  Speed Master Speed Up  1m46.238s  + 3.636s
 31.  Eric Granado          JIR Motobi             1m46.521s  + 3.919s
 32.  Marco Colandrea       SAG FTR                1m46.721s  + 4.119s
 33.  Elena Rosell          QMMF Moriwaki          1m47.869s  + 5.267s
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/espargaro-takes-indy-moto2-pole

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