Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has clinched his 24th MotoGP pole position – and second successive – for tomorrow’s twenty-five lap race in Argentina, with teammate Hiroshi Aoyama qualifying 15th.

With track temperatures almost doubling since this morning’s FP3 session, replacement rider Hiroshi was unable to find a better feeling with the Honda RC213V and did not manage to reach Q2. His time of 1’39.715 placed him 15th for tomorrow’s race. Marc, who has been fastest all day, opted for a three-stop strategy in Q2, in order to take maximum advantage of each new tyre. He was able to improve on each exit and his pole time of 1’37.802 was over half a second faster than second place Aleix Espargaro, and only 0.119 off his 2014 pole record.

Tomorrow’s race will start at 16h00 local time.


Marc Marquez - 1st 1'37.802

“I am happy today, because we were able to fight for pole and eventually got it. It was a lot of fun, because we used a three-tyre strategy and it worked well. It was important to start from the front tomorrow, because the track is quite dirty and that makes it harder to overtake. We'll see what happens, we expect a pretty tough race with even higher temperatures than today. My strongest rivals - Jorge and Valentino - are starting from the second row, so I hope to have a good start and a strong race.”


Hiroshi Aoyama - 15th 1'39.715

“Yesterday I struggled to find a good feeling with the bike and also this morning, I still wasn’t comfortable. Then this afternoon we changed something with the setup and I found some confidence on the bike which allowed me to push. In qualifying we made another step with the setup and improved the lap time but of course it’s not the position we had hoped for. We still have some areas to improve and I hope we can find a step in time for the race.”


Results Session

1 - MARQUEZ Marc - 93 - SPA - Repsol Honda Team - 1'37.802
2 - ESPARGARO Aleix - 41 - SPA - Team Suzuki Ecstar - 1'38.316
3 - IANNONE Andrea - 29 - ITA - Ducati Team - 1'38.467
4 - CRUTCHLOW Cal - 35 - GBR - CWM LCR Honda - 1'38.485
5 - LORENZO Jorge - 99 - SPA - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP - 1'38.485
6 - DOVIZIOSO Andrea - 4 - ITA - Ducati Team - 1'38.520
7 - PETRUCCI Danilo - 9 - ITA - Pramac Racing - 1'38.786
8 - ROSSI Valentino - 46 - ITA - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP - 1'38.890
9 - VINALES Maverick - 25 - SPA - Team Suzuki Ecstar - 1'39.187
10 - SMITH Bradley - 38 - GBR - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 1'39.197
11 - REDDING Scott - 45 - GBR - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS - 1'39.380
12 - BARBERA Hector - 8 - SPA - Avintia Racing - 1'40.526
13 - HERNANDEZ Yonny - 68 - COL - Pramac Racing - 1'39.405
14 - LAVERTY Eugene - 50 -IRE - Aspar MotoGP Team - 1'39.434
15 - AOYAMA Hiroshi - 7 - JPN - Repsol Honda Team - 1'39.715
16 - BRADL Stefan - 6 - GER - Athina Forward Racing - 1'39.734
17 - ABRAHAM Karel - 17 - CZE - AB Motoracing - 1'39.758
18 - ESPARGARO Pol - 44 - SPA - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 1'39.808
19 - BAUTISTA Alvaro - 19 - SPA - Aprilia Racing Team Gresini - 1'39.828
20 - HAYDEN Nicky - 69 - USA - Aspar MotoGP Team - 1'39.876
21 - MILLER Jack - 43 - AUS - CWM LCR Honda - 1'39.888
22 - BAZ Loris - 76 - FRA - Athina Forward Racing - 1'39.972
23 - DI MEGLIO Mike - 63 - FRA - Avintia Racing - 1'40.133
24 - MELANDRI Marco - 33 - ITA - Aprilia Racing Team Gresini - 1'40.403
25 - DE ANGELIS Alex - 15 -RSM - Athina Forward Racing - 1'40.485