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 Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:13 am Post subject: MotoGP: Aragon Qualifying Ticker |
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Cal Crutchlow is confident he has the speed to challenge for a top 10 finish in tomorrow's Motorland Aragon MotoGP round after the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider narrowly missed securing a place on the third row of the grid.
American team-mate Colin Edwards is also determined to battle for a strong result despite a tough qualifying session left him uncharacteristically outside of the top 10 on the grid ahead of his 150th MotoGP start tomorrow.
Crutchlow will make his debut at the technical 3.155 miles track from 12th place on the grid, the British rider unlucky not to see his efforts rewarded with a much higher starting position.
The 2009 World Supersport champion has quickly got to grips with the Motorland Aragon track, despite yesterday's disruption when second practice was cancelled because of a major malfunction in the electricity supply to the state-of-the-art venue.
With 75 minutes on track this morning to compensate for the time lost yesterday, Crutchlow was able to lap almost two seconds faster than he managed on Friday, boosting his confidence ahead of this afternoon's qualifying session.
Crutchlow made big progress with improving the set-up of his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine and a best lap of 1.49.893 secured him 12th place on the grid. Today's session though provided further evidence of just how competitive the MotoGP class is this year, with Crutchlow's time less than 0.2s away from seventh position.
Edwards will start a further three places back in 15th, the 37-year-old using his vast experience and knowledge to try and improve rear grip in hot conditions that saw track temperatures soar to 41 degrees.
He managed to set a best time of 1.50.105, which was over 0.3s faster than his 2010 qualifying pace, but frustratingly he was unable to qualify inside the top 10 for only the second time this season.
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