2014 Le Mans Moto2 Qualifying Results
Under unusually pristine conditions at Le Mans, AGR Team’s Jonas Folger earned his first Moto2 pole. The rookie will be joined on the Le Mans front row by the current points leader, Marc VDS Racing’s Tito Rabat, and Pons HP 40’s Luis Salom, respectively. Salom was the quickest rider Friday.
Folger secured the fifth Grand Prix pole of his career and his first since graduating to the intermediate class with a late 1’\:37.619s lap, as he looks to build on his Jerez podium result.
Behind the German on the grid are Rabat and Salom. Rabat was on provisional pole for a long period of a session, but suffered a crash.
There will be plenty of experience on row two with Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing Team), Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) and Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing) qualifying fourth to sixth respectively.
Moto3 World Champion Maverick Viñales (Pons HP 40) surged to seventh late on, with fellow Spaniard Ricard Cardus (Tech 3) and former Moto3 title winner Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) slotting in behind rookie Viñales, despite a crash for Cortese mid-session. Sam Lowes (Speed Up) rounds out the top ten.
There were also crashes for Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Gresini Moto2) and Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team) in the session, though none of that trio were injured.
As for the sole American in 2014 Moto2, Caterham Moto Racing’s Josh Herrin qualified 30th, 2.02 seconds off the top pace. He missed the previous two rounds (Jerez, Argentina) due to a broken collarbone sustained in supermoto training.
2014 Le Mans Moto2 Qualifying Results:
1 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | AGR Team | Kalex | 250.5 | 1’37.619 | |
2 | 53 | Esteve RABAT | SPA | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 251.5 | 1’37.623 | 0.004 / 0.004 |
3 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Pons HP 40 | Kalex | 255.4 | 1’37.731 | 0.112 / 0.108 |
4 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 257.5 | 1’37.768 | 0.149 / 0.037 |
5 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Interwetten Paddock Moto2 | Suter | 253.4 | 1’37.773 | 0.154 / 0.005 |
6 | 3 | Simone CORSI | ITA | NGM Forward Racing | Kalex | 253.6 | 1’37.809 | 0.190 / 0.036 |
7 | 40 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Pons HP 40 | Kalex | 253.2 | 1’37.884 | 0.265 / 0.075 |
8 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | SPA | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 251.9 | 1’37.929 | 0.310 / 0.045 |
9 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 255.0 | 1’37.963 | 0.344 / 0.034 |
10 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Speed Up | Speed Up | 251.1 | 1’38.032 | 0.413 / 0.069 |
11 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 249.7 | 1’38.112 | 0.493 / 0.080 |
12 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 249.6 | 1’38.153 | 0.534 / 0.041 |
13 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | Tasca Racing Moto2 | Suter | 254.6 | 1’38.202 | 0.583 / 0.049 |
14 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 253.2 | 1’38.322 | 0.703 / 0.120 |
15 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | Technomag carXpert | Suter | 250.4 | 1’38.326 | 0.707 / 0.004 |
16 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | NGM Forward Racing | Kalex | 251.3 | 1’38.432 | 0.813 / 0.106 |
17 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 252.1 | 1’38.449 | 0.830 / 0.017 |
18 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | SAG Team | Kalex | 252.5 | 1’38.505 | 0.886 / 0.056 |
19 | 90 | Lucas MAHIAS | FRA | Promoto Sport | Transfiormers | 247.3 | 1’38.616 | 0.997 / 0.111 |
20 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | AirAsia Caterham | Caterham Suter | 248.8 | 1’38.686 | 1.067 / 0.070 |
21 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 250.3 | 1’38.696 | 1.077 / 0.010 |
22 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 249.8 | 1’38.731 | 1.112 / 0.035 |
23 | 8 | Gino REA | GBR | AGT REA Racing | Suter | 252.6 | 1’38.903 | 1.284 / 0.172 |
24 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | IodaRacing Project | Suter | 248.3 | 1’38.980 | 1.361 / 0.077 |
25 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 252.3 | 1’38.988 | 1.369 / 0.008 |
26 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 250.4 | 1’39.126 | 1.507 / 0.138 |
27 | 95 | Anthony WEST | AUS | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 250.6 | 1’39.255 | 1.636 / 0.129 |
28 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | 253.5 | 1’39.298 | 1.679 / 0.043 |
29 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Gresini Moto2 | Suter | 249.3 | 1’39.462 | 1.843 / 0.164 |
30 | 2 | Josh HERRIN | USA | AirAsia Caterham | Caterham Suter | 252.0 | 1’39.621 | 2.002 / 0.159 |
31 | 45 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | JPN | Teluru Team JiR Webike | TSR | 249.4 | 1’39.639 | 2.020 / 0.018 |
32 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | THA | APH PTT The Pizza SAG | Kalex | 251.3 | 1’39.724 | 2.105 / 0.085 |
33 | 97 | Roman RAMOS | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 247.7 | 1’39.816 | 2.197 / 0.092 |
34 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | MAL | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 248.9 | 1’40.081 | 2.462 / 0.265 |
35 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | SWI | Technomag carXpert | Suter | 248.2 | 1’40.755 | 3.136 / 0.674 |