Catalunya Moto2: Rabat takes home pole

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Moto2 championship leader Esteve Rabat will start from pole position at his home race ahead of team-mate Mika Kallio and Moto2 rookie Maverick Vinales.

2012 Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese will head the fourth row ahead of fellow German Jonas Folger and Italian Mattia Pasini.

Brit Sam Lowes, on the Speed Up machine will start from ninth, behind Thomas Luthi and Johann Zarco on the third row.

Fellow Brit Gino Rea will start from 28th.

1 53 Esteve RABAT SPA Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 277.4 1’46.569 
2 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 280.8 1’47.140 0.571 / 0.571
3 40 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex 280.8 1’47.192 0.623 / 0.052
4 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 283.3 1’47.267 0.698 / 0.075
5 94 Jonas FOLGER GER AGR Team Kalex 281.5 1’47.444 0.875 / 0.177
6 54 Mattia PASINI ITA NGM Forward Racing Kalex 281.3 1’47.526 0.957 / 0.082
7 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter 281.3 1’47.594 1.025 / 0.068
8 5 Johann ZARCO FRA AirAsia Caterham Caterham Suter 274.0 1’47.595 1.026 / 0.001
9 22 Sam LOWES GBR Speed Up Speed Up 280.0 1’47.600 1.031 / 0.005
10 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag carXpert Suter 277.3 1’47.604 1.035 / 0.004
11 39 Luis SALOM SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex 283.6 1’47.665 1.096 / 0.061
12 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 279.9 1’47.788 1.219 / 0.123
13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Tasca Racing Moto2 Suter 281.8 1’47.834 1.265 / 0.046
14 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex 282.2 1’47.855 1.286 / 0.021
15 3 Simone CORSI ITA NGM Forward Racing Kalex 278.2 1’47.907 1.338 / 0.052
16 81 Jordi TORRES SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 278.9 1’47.926 1.357 / 0.019
17 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Tech 3 Tech 3 276.3 1’47.932 1.363 / 0.006
18 60 Julian SIMON SPA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 279.0 1’47.932 1.363
19 4 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Octo IodaRacing Team Suter 280.8 1’47.936 1.367 / 0.004
20 88 Ricard CARDUS SPA Tech 3 Tech 3 281.9 1’48.026 1.457 / 0.090
21 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Suter 281.4 1’48.068 1.499 / 0.042
22 49 Axel PONS SPA AGR Team Kalex 279.0 1’48.112 1.543 / 0.044
23 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 282.9 1’48.225 1.656 / 0.113
24 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA Gresini Moto2 Suter 279.8 1’48.230 1.661 / 0.005
25 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 274.8 1’48.296 1.727 / 0.066
26 96 Louis ROSSI FRA SAG Team Kalex 279.6 1’48.392 1.823 / 0.096
27 95 Anthony WEST AUS QMMF Racing Team Speed Up 276.4 1’48.587 2.018 / 0.195
28 8 Gino REA GBR AGT REA Racing Suter 278.6 1’48.639 2.070 / 0.052
29 2 Josh HERRIN USA AirAsia Caterham Caterham Suter 279.2 1’48.737 2.168 / 0.098
30 70 Robin MULHAUSER SWI Technomag carXpert Suter 277.7 1’49.247 2.678 / 0.510
31 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN Teluru Team JiR Webike TSR 275.7 1’49.261 2.692 / 0.014
32 97 Roman RAMOS SPA QMMF Racing Team Speed Up 280.9 1’49.487 2.918 / 0.226
33 25 Azlan SHAH MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 278.0 1’49.771 3.202 / 0.284
34 10 Thitipong WAROKORN THA APH PTT The Pizza SAG Kalex 276.1 1’50.234 3.665 / 0.463

Liam Marsden

By Liam Marsden

Former MCN Web Producer