Sachsenring MotoGP: Marquez takes pole with new record

Marc Marquez will start from pole position after breaking Casey Stoner’s pole position record with a fastest time of 1’20.937.

The Spaniard heads an all Honda front row ahead of team-mate Dani Pedrosa – who crashed late in the session – and LCR rider Stefan Bradl.

The second row consists of Aleix Espargaro and Factory Yamaha duo Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. The pair have so far been unable to challenge with the Hondas.

Bradley Smith’s bad weekend continued with another crash during qualifying. The Tech 3 rider will start from ninth on the grid behind rookie team-mate Pol Espargaro in eighth.

Cal Crutchlow will start from 15th on the grid after the Brit crashed during Qualifying 1 and failed to make it to Qualifying 2. Fellow Brit Scott Redding will start from 14th.

1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.8 1’20.937 
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 292.8 1’21.233 0.296 / 0.296
3 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 293.1 1’21.340 0.403 / 0.107
4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 286.0 1’21.376 0.439 / 0.036
5 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 289.4 1’21.508 0.571 / 0.132
6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 292.6 1’21.651 0.714 / 0.143
7 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 289.5 1’21.679 0.742 / 0.028
8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 291.4 1’21.771 0.834 / 0.092
9 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 290.4 1’21.794 0.857 / 0.023
10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 292.4 1’21.906 0.969 / 0.112
11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 291.9 1’22.120 1.183 / 0.214
12 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Drive M7 Aspar Honda 279.0 1’22.647 1.710 / 0.527