Moto2: Simon on pole in Malaysia
Julian Simon will try to make Toni Elias wait at least a week before celebrating Moto2 title victory, aft🍸er taking pole position at Sepang on Saturday.
Elias is 81 points ahead of Simon and will be a world champion for the first time if he can leave Sepang with a🍨 lead of at least 76 points.
Elias will start from the outside ♌of the front row in fourth for Gresini Moriwaki, with Alex de Angelis (JiR) and Thomas Luthi (Interwetten) between the two title rivals.
Sepang is Simon's third pole of the year, but he is yet t💃o take🔜 a Moto2 race win - which will be his main goal on Sunday.
Qualifying - Sepang:
1. Simon (Suter) 2m 8.562s
2. de Angelis (MotoBI) +0.192s
3. Luthi (Moriwaki) +0.298s
4. Elias (Moriwaki) +0.301s
5. Rolfo (Suter) +0.358s
6. Iannone (Speed Up) +0.442s
7. Abraham (FTR) +0.625s
8. Redding (Suter) +0.773s
9. Ranseder (Suter) +0.847s
10. Debon (FTR) +0.867s
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marqu🅠ez’s i🍸njury issues.
