Marquez Kunci Pole Posisi MotoGP Australia

Sesi kualifikasi MotoGP Philip Island telah selesai dilaksanakan, Marc Marquez berhasil mengunci posisi start terdepan untuk balapan esok hari.

Keberhasilan Marc Marquez sejatinya sudah mulai ditunjukkan sejak sesi latihan bebas kedua, pembalap bernomer 93 tersebut sudah menunjukkan dominasi catatan pembalap tercepat.

Hal mengejutkan datang dari pembalap Ducati, Andrea Ianone, yang berhasil menjadi pembalap tercepat kedua kemudian ditutup oleh Jorge Lorenzo yang akan start dari posisi ketiga. Berikut hasil lengkap babak kualifikasi:

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 28.364s [Lap 7/8] 338km/h (Top Speed) 
2. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 28.680s +0.316s [9/9] 347km/h 
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 28.680s +0.316s [8/8] 333km/h 
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 28.712s +0.348s [7/7] 332km/h 
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 28.912s +0.548s [6/7] 340km/h 
6. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 28.932s +0.568s [6/8] 328km/h 
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 29.014s +0.650s [6/7] 335km/h 
8. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 29.015s +0.651s [3/3] 331km/h 
9. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 29.222s +0.858s [3/7] 340km/h 
10. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 29.267s +0.903s [6/7] 347km/h 
11. Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 29.499s +1.135s [3/7] 338km/h 
12. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 29.626s +1.262s [7/9] 337km/h 
13. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 29.918s 335km/h
14. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 30.064s 335km/h
15. Jack Miller AUS LCR Honda (RC213V-RS)* 1m 30.104s 336km/h
16. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS)* 1m 30.105s 329km/h
17. Yonny Hernandez COL Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 30.135s 339km/h
18. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 30.147s 332km/h
19. Loris Baz FRA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)* 1m 30.173s 329km/h
20. Nicky Hayden USA Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS) 1m 30.376s 328km/h
21. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 30.634s 331km/h
22. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 30.959s 330km/h
23. Anthony West AUS AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 1m 31.205s 328km/h
24. Toni Elias SPA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 31.837s 331km/h
25. Damian Cudlin AUS E-Motion IodaRacing (ART) 1m 33.884s 315km/h

(sumber: crash.net)