FIM Moto2 World Championship Misano, San Marino September 4, 2010 Qualifying Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires): 1. Toni ELIAS, Spain (MORIWAKI), 1:38.991 2. Scott REDDING, Great Britain (SUTER), 1:39.035 3. Julian SIMON, Spain (SUTER), 1:39.280 4. Jules CLUZEL, France (SUTER), 1:39.413 5. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (SPEED UP), 1:39.426 6. Simone CORSI, Italy (MOTOBI), 1:39.664 7. Alex DE ANGELIS, San Marino (MOTOBI), 1:39.686 8. Shoya TOMIZAWA, Japan (SUTER), 1:39.778 9. Mattia PASINI, Italy (SUTER), 1:39.856 10. Gabor TALMACSI, Hungary (SPEED UP), 1:39.857 11. Hector FAUBEL, Spain (SUTER), 1:40.045 12. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), 1:40.047 13. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Japan (TECH 3), 1:40.075 14. Claudio CORTI, Italy (SUTER), 1:40.101 15. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (MORIWAKI), 1:40.101 16. Xavier SIMEON, Belgium (MORIWAKI), 1:40.153 17. Stefan BRADL, Germany (SUTER), 1:40.164 18. Sergio GADEA, Spain (PONS KALEX), 1:40.184 19. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (SUTER), 1:40.201 20. Ferruccio LAMBORGHINI, Italy (SUTER), 1:40.290 21. Alex BALDOLINI, Italy (I.C.P.), 1:40.523 22. Michael RANSEDER, Austria (SUTER), 1:40.531 23. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (BQR-MOTO2), 1:40.579 24. Roberto ROLFO, Italy (SUTER), 1:40.677 25. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (FTR), 1:40.732 26. Axel PONS, Spain (PONS KALEX), 1:40.751 27. Robertino PIETRI, Venezuela (SUTER), 1:40.880 28. Raffaele DE ROSA, Italy (TECH 3), 1:40.930 29. Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Japan (MORIWAKI), 1:41.074 30. Lukas PESEK, Czech Republic (MORIWAKI), 1:41.147 31. Valentin DEBISE, France (ADV), 1:41.178 32. Ratthapark WILAIROT, Thailand (BIMOTA), 1:41.269 33. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (BIMOTA), 1:41.522 34. Anthony WEST, Australia (MZ-RE HONDA), 1:41.526 35. Kenny NOYES, USA (PROMOHARRIS), 1:41.794 36. Joan OLIVE, Spain (FTR), 1:41.853 37. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (BIMOTA), 1:42.061 38. Mashel AL NAIMI, Qatar (BQR-MOTO2), 1:42.657 39. Yannick GUERRA, Spain (MORIWAKI), 1:42.827 More, from a press release issued by JiR Moto2 Team: It was qualifying day in Misano for Simone Corsi and Alex De Angelis, who grabbed 6th and 7th positions respectively for tomorrow’s GP of San Marino. They both were fast in this morning’s free practice and tested some little adjustments on their MotoBIs that had the potential to make them even faster. Progress has been solid, but not enough to gain the front row. Tomorrow they will have to start attacking immediately to try to get to the front of the pack and pursue a podium finish. Simone Corsi – 6th time – 1’39″664 “Yesterday we did a good job and also today we saw some improvements, even if we’re not at 100% of our potential yet. The front row would have been better, but the second is not so bad because we have a good pace and the race will be long. Toni Elias went very fast in the lap that gave him the pole, but we will keep up with him and we’ll also have to watch out for other Italians, as they’re always very fast here. With a good start tomorrow I can stay close to leading positions and make a play for a good result at the end.” Alex De Angelis – 7th time – 1’39″686 “I was sure that repeating yesterday’s exploits would have been very hard, but I’m satisfied for the second row and also for the good feeling I have with the Team. Today we tried to modify some details and we were expecting better results, therefore tomorrow we’ll have to revise our setting according to the data we collected today, in particular to find back the feeling with the front of the bike. During qualifying I missed the one hot lap, but we have a good pace and tomorrow this will help. Tyre choice will be interesting because the race will be long and probably the weather will become hot. I will have to make a good start, attack from the very beginning and fight till the end of the race.” Qualifying classification: 1. T. Elias – 1’38″991 2. S. Redding 1’39″035 3. J. Simon 1’39″280 4. J. Cluzel 1’39″413 5. A. Iannone 1’39″426 6. S. Corsi 1’39″664 7. A. De Angelis 1’39″686 More, from a press release issued by Tech 3: Tech 3 Racing focus on strong race in Misano The Tech 3 Racing Team remain confident of a strong showing in tomorrow’s Misano Moto2 race after a tough qualifying session for Yuki Takahashi and Raffaele de Rosa. A fantastic last lap attack from Takahashi catapulted the Japanese rider over ten places up the grid in a qualifying session that saw less than 1.3s split the top 20. Takahashi’s best lap of 1.40.075 will see him start round 11 of the inaugural Moto2 world championship from 13th, the Catalunya race winner less than half-a-second away from the top six after he recovered from an early crash. It was a tough afternoon for de Rosa, who was hoping t o draw on the support of a passionate home crowd to inspire him to a second successive top ten starting position. But pushing hard to fight his way into the top 20 in the final stages, de Rosa crashed unhurt and will start the 26-lap race from 28th position. He set a best time of 1.40.930 and was less than 0.5s away from the top 20. Yuki Takahashi 13th 1.40.075 19 laps “It has not been an easy weekend at all and my problem is a lack of feeling with the front-end. I have not been able to push like I know I am capable of but in the qualifying session I think we made some good progress. I had a small crash in the first run and the team did a fantastic job to repair the bike. But I didn’t have a front brake adjustor and that made it difficult for me in the final run. I have to be satisfied because sometimes after a crash it can take a while to regain some confidence and be immediately back on the same pace. But I was able to do this and to be in 13th is not a bad result, but obviously I know we have the potential to be much higher. I need a good start to avoid what is likely to be a hectic first corner and I’ll try and be aggressive in the first few laps to get away with the leading group.” Raffaele de Rosa 28th 1.40.930 18 laps “It is very disappointing to be so far down the grid for my home race and 28th makes the job of trying to score points very difficult. At the moment we just can’t seem to find an improvement with the bike for how I like to ride. I want to brake deeper but each time I try and be stronger in this area the bike doesn’t allow me to do it and I crash. We have tried many different solutions to help in this area but nothing is working and we can’t change the character of this bike to s uit my style, so I have to keep working on myself. My grid position is not good and it will be difficult at the first corner with so many bikes in Moto2, but I will try and get a positive result.” More, from a press release issued by Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Team: Lüthi pushing too much The qualifying of the Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini was better than the free practice of yesterday, but regarding the second free practice of today it was a step backwards for Tom Lüthi and the Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Team. Lüthi finished the qualifying on 15th position, which is not really a good starting place for the 23 year old, who is currently third in the championship standings. The Swiss doesn’t know himself what the problem is at the moment and needs to sit down with his team to analyse the data of today’s session. The decision will be made afterwards in which direction the work of the warm up tomorrow morning will go. Tom Lüthi, 15 1’40.101: “Unfortunately we did not improve in the qualifying today, but I cannot say what the reason was. We have to talk and see the data of today; we just haven’t had any time to do that yet. We went back to the base with the set up and used a similar set up like on race weekends, which I finished on the podium, but we weren’t successful finding any solution for the problems yet. In the new Moto2 class the development is always going on and you cannot easily find out what will be next. We would need more time, but don’t have any. We lost a whole practice yesterday and that isn’t helping at all.” Terrell Thien, Team Manager: “Tom really pushed very hard today, maybe a little bit too hard. We could improve regarding the practice of yesterday, but it was not enough. The 15th grid position is not really fantastic, but there were other races that he could fight back from a similar position. We have to see if we can solve some of the technical problems during the warm up tomorrow. The target to be with the front group is still realistic and I still believe that we can do it.” More, from a press release issued by Marc VDS Racing Team: SECOND SUCCESSIVE FRONT ROW START FOR REDDING Scott Redding will start tomorrow’s 26- lap Grand Prix San Marino Riviera Di Rimini from the front row of the grid, after qualifying in second place during this afternoon’s 45-minute timed session at the Misano circuit. Hector Faubel also put in a solid qualifying performance and will start tomorrow from the third row of the grid. Redding threw down the gauntlet early on, taking advantage of a clear track ahead of him to take provisional pole position just five minutes into the session. The 17-year-old Briton continued to lap consistently throughout qualifying, but efforts to improve his time were hampered by slower riders and, as he returned to the pits for fresh tyres 30 minutes into the session, Redding was lying third on the timesheet. The Marc VDS rider reclaimed the top spot on the timesheet with just two minutes of qualifying left to run, but lost out in the dying moments as current championship leader, Tony Elias, bettered his time by just 0.044s to deny the Gloucestershire teenager his first ever pole position. Redding will start tomorrow from second place on the grid; his second front row start in succession. Set-up changes to his Suter MMX ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying session didn’t lead to the improvements expected for Hector Faubel and he was disappointed to end the session 11th fastest overall. The 27-year-old Spaniard is, however, confident that a switch back to the set-up that worked so well during this morning’s free practice session will allow him to chase a top ten finish in tomorrow’s race. Scott Redding #45: 2nd – 1’39.035 “We’ve had good pace throughout practice, so I knew the only thing that would stop me qualifying well today would be the traffic. I got in a good lap early on, when a gap appeared on track, but I was pretty confident I could go faster. Right at the end of the session I managed to reclaim second, but I was a bit concerned about towing Cluzel around the next lap and having him leapfrog me at the line. I had a quick check behind me and, when I saw he’d dropped off slightly, I just got my head down and went for it. I was a bit disappointed to get pipped for pole by Toni Elias right at the end, but a front row start will do for me. Going full gas worked well for me in Indianapolis a week ago, so why change a successful formula!” Hector Faubel #44: 11th – 1’40.045 “We had a fairly good set-up for practice this morning, but we made a few small changes to improve the balance of the bike ahead of qualifying. Unfortunately they didn’t give the improvement we expected, which made qualifying harder than it should have been. I’m not so happy with 11th position on the grid, but I know a switch back to this morning’s set-up will allow us to run a good pace in the race. If I can get a good start then a decent result is possible. I’m aiming for top ten, but it might well be possible to do a little better than that, depending on how things go in the early laps.” Jean-Michel Delporte: General Manager – Marc VDS Racing Team “We were racing in the GT1 World Championship round at Nurburgring last weekend, so we missed seeing Scott and Hector claim the team’s first front row starts in Indianapolis. To be here at Misano to see Scott claim his second front row start in succession, and Hector putting in another solid qualifying performance, goes some way to making up for it. Nobody is prouder of our Moto2 team and their achievements in such a fiercely contested championship than our President, Marc van der Straten. Marc was on the phone to congratulate the team before Scott had even returned to pit lane today, after watching the qualifying session on television! Now I am looking forward to the race.”