Rabat inches to Motegi Moto2 pole position
Difficult run for West with 29th qualifying position.
Source: MotoGP.
In Moto2 QP at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Tito Rabat grabbed pole for Sunday’s race in the final seconds, ahead of Thomas Luthi and Johann Zarco on the front row.
Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team) left it late to secure the top spot, recording a new pole record of the Motegi circuit of 1m50.854 on his last lap to snatch the pole from Luthi (Interwetten Sitag) by 0.033s.
Zarco (AirAsia Caterham) continued his good form in third place, three tenths behind Rabat. The impressive Maverick Viñales (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) will head the second row, in front of Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing Team) and Takaaki Nakagami (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia).
Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team), his teammate Franco Morbidelli and the improving Axel Pons (AGR Team) all qualified on the third row. Marcel Schrotter (Tech 3) completed the top 10.
Ratthapark Wilairot (AirAsia Caterham) unfortunately suffered a small crash, ending his qualifying session early, but not causing any serious harm.
Queensland’s Anthony West will line up 29th for the QMMF Racing Team in another difficult qualifying run, 1.948s off the pole position time.
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