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Sachsenring – Runaway
Championship leader Marc Marquez took pole at German Grand Prix for
a ninth consecutive year after qualifying on Saturday
Spanish Honda star settles for sixth consecutive win in MotoGP
at Sachsenring by breaking the course record with a time of 1 minute
20.27 seconds in his last lap to climb to first place on Sunday
grid
The first row is a repeat of last year with Marquez joined by the Italian
Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Pramac) who was 0.025 seconds back and Spanish
Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) who was 0.057 slower.
Márquez was the third rider to set a better course time in the session.
Lorenzo did it first, but his record lasted less than a second before
Petrucci followed on the other side of the line a little faster.
Marquez needed to make up a quarter of a second in his last round
"Honestly, I was not expecting this post," Marquez said.
mistakes including one on the last turn that was so difficult to recover
what I lost, but these 20 milliseconds were enough to get the post. "
Marquez made three laps, changing tires for each, while his rivals only went for two
" We were trying to plan "Ducati won only one Once in Germany in 20 years, when the Australian Casey Stoner was first in 2008.
"Ducati is finally performing on this circuit, it makes me happy," he said. : "I can improve the race a little bit."
Petrucci was fastest in the first three sessions and seemed well placed for his first pole in a Grand Prix
"We were fast all weekend, He is still in an excellent position. "
The Spanish Maverick Vinales (Yamaha) and the Italians Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) and Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) form the second line.
Marquez arrives in Germany after finishing at the top podium in the
Netherlands after an incredible race that saw the first 15 riders
the line just 16.043sec apart. It was the top-15 closest to all
The Sachsenring track is the shortest on the calendar with 3.67 km
(2.28 miles), but it's also tight and winding, so could also throw up
Saturday, less than two-tenths of a second separated the top five riders
Honda and Marquez dominate the German circuit since 2010.
The Spanish has made King of the Ring by winning the last five
years in MotoGP. During the previous three years, he has won in
categories, while Dani Pedrosa won the main event on a Honda.
Starting Grids for the Sunday German Motorcycle Grand Prix after qualifying at Sachsenring on Saturday:
MotoGP
First line
1. Marc Marquez (ESP / Honda) 1 minute 20.27 seconds, 2. Danilo
Petrucci (ITA / Pramac Ducati) at 0.025sec, 3. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP / Ducati)
0.057
Second row
4. Maverick Vinales (ESP / Yamaha) 0.171, 5. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita / Ducati) 0.174, 6. Valentino Rossi (ITA / Yamaha) 0.262
Third Line
7.Cal Crutchlow (GBR / LCR Honda) 0.405, 8. Andrea Iannone (ITA / Suzuki) 0.412, 9. Alvaro Bautiusta (ESP / Angel Nieto DUCATI) 0.430
Moto3
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1. Jorge Martin (ESP / Honda) 1: 26.434, 2. Marcos Ramirez (ESP / KTM) at 0.060, 3. Enea Bastianini (ITA / Honda) 0.065
Second line
4. Jaume Masia (ESP / KTM) 0.262, 5. Aron Canet (ESP / Honda) 0.306, 6. Tony Arbolino (ITA / Honda) 0.311
Third Line
7. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA / KTM) 0.349, 8. John McPhee (GBR / KTM) 0.358, 9. Ayumu Sasaki (JPN / Honda) 0.393
Moto2
First row
1. Mattia Pasini (ITA / Kalex) in 1: 23.787, 2. Luca Marini (ITA / Kalex) at 0.181, 3. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA / Kalex) 0.183
Second row
4. Sam Lowes (GBR / KTM) 0.184, 5. Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA / Kalex) 0.234, 6. Xavi Virgo (ESP / Kalex) 0.249
Third row
7. Alex Marquez (ESP / Kalex) 0.292, 8. Joan Mir (ESP / Kalex) 0.305, 9. Marcel Schrötter (GER / Kalex) 0.315
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