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Friday at Assen with Tony Goldsmith

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Valentino Rossi broke the outright lap record on his way to pole for tomorrow’s Dutch TT at Assen.

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Aleix Espargaro backed up his pole in Catalunya with another front row start.

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Marc Marquez claimed the final spot on the front row.

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Eight on the grid for Jorge Lorenzo was his worst qualifying of the season to date.

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Danilo Petrucci leaves his pit box during Q1.

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Bradley Smith qualified 12th, only 0.6secs behind pole position.

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A short rain shower brought a temporary stop to FP3, and had the fans looking for shelter.

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Marc Marquez was pleased with his front row start, and is confident that the 2014 chassis will help maintain a consistent pace in tomorrow’s race.

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Today’s pole position for Valentino Rossi was only his 2nd in the last 5 years.

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Jorge Lorenzo is confident of his pace for tomorrow’s race, despite his disappointing qualifying position.

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Dani Pedrosa will start from the front of the 2nd row.

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Stefan Bradl leaves his pit box during FP1. He just missed out on making it into FP2, and will start the race from 13th.

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Valentino Rossi’s pole position will make life a great deal easier for him for tomorrow’s race.

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A difficult weekend so far for Ducati and Andrea Dovizioso, who qualified in 10th place.

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Andrea Iannone and his crew go through a bike change drill at the end of qualifying.

Photos: © 2015 Tony Goldsmith / www.tonygoldsmith.net – All Rights Reserved

Tony Goldsmith is an Isle of Man based freelance motorcycle racing photographer specialising in MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT races. His website can be found at www.tonygoldsmith.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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