[caption id="attachment_3160" align="alignright" width="300"] Marquez takes pole on Saturday at the Motorrad German GP. A Repsol Honda.image[/caption]

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has recorded his seventh pole of the season for tomorrow’sGerman GP, with teammate Dani Pedrosa in second and local boy Stefan Bradl completing the front row aboard his satellite LCR Honda.After a tricky FP4 session where rain was a constant threat, the sun was shining for Q2. Marc’s first exit was spoiled by a tyre issue but on his second run there was no stopping him. He set a time of 1’21.126 on lap seven, taking provisional pole, and then on lap nine he set a blisteringly fast time of 1’20.937, snatching Casey Stoner’s pole record from 2008 (1’21.067). Marc has qualified on the front row at the last twenty-one races, and this is his sixteenth MotoGP career pole (in just 27 races) signifying a 59.2% pole ratio in the premier class.

Teammate Dani was also in superb form, setting a time of 1’21.233 on his first run. However, he found himself in the gravel after a small mistake in turn one on his second run and was unable to return to the pits and get back out on track in time. His time remained second fastest and he will start from the front row for the sixth time this season.

1st - 1'20.937

"The weekend has been affected by the crash I suffered yesterday, but I kept my nerve and little by little we’ve been getting better. I felt good yesterday afternoon and I was much better this morning. In the few laps I did in FP4, I could see that we had a good pace and a chance to fight for pole position. With the first tyre I didn’t feel entirely comfortable, but with the second one I had a good feeling and could see that there was good grip - so I decided to push a little more and put in a strong lap. Starting from the front is important for the racetomorrow, because this is a circuit where it is difficult to overtake. We will try and keep up the pace from practice, which I think has been good”

2nd - 1'21.233

"It was a good qualifying session and we had a good pace, despite the crash which was my fault when I think I hit a bump under braking but luckily I'm fine. I’m very grateful to my mechanics for the work they did yesterday to get the bike back running again after my crash in FP2. Tomorrow we will try to do our best, position ourselves well from the start, make a good tyre choice and hope the weather is kind to us! Our setup is definitely good, so I hope to have a good race”

QUALIFYING RESULTS

  Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland - Round 9

Pos.

Rider

Num.

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Marc Marquez

93

ESP

Repsol Honda Team

HONDA

1'20.937

2

Dani Pedrosa

26

ESP

Repsol Honda Team

HONDA

1'21.233

3

Stefan Bradl

6

GER

LCR Honda MotoGP

HONDA

1'21.340

4

Aleix Espargaro

41

ESP

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

YAMAHA

1'21.376

5

Jorge Lorenzo

99

ESP

Yamaha Factory Racing

YAMAHA

1'21.508

6

Valentino Rossi

46

ITA

Yamaha Factory

YAMAHA

1'21.651

7

Andrea Iannone

29

ITA

Pramac Racing

DUCATI

1'21.679

8

Pol Espargaro

44

ESP

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

YAMAHA

1'21.771

9

Bradley Smith

38

GBR

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

YAMAHA

1'21.794

10

Alvaro Bautista

19

ESP

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

HONDA

1'21.906

11

Andrea Dovizioso

4

ITA

Ducati Team

DUCATI

1'22.120

12

Nicky Hayden

69

USA

Drive M7 Aspar

HONDA

1'22.647

13

Yonny Hernandez

68

COL

Pramac Racing

DUCATI

1'22.411

14

Scott Redding

45

GBR

Go & Fun Honda Gresini

HONDA

1'22.436

15

Cal Crutchlow

35

GBR

Ducati Team

DUCATI

1'22.529

16

Hiroshi Aoyama

7

JPN

Drive M7 Aspar

HONDA

1'22.659

17

Karel Abraham

17

CZE

Cardion AB Motoracing

HONDA

1'22.778

18

Michael Laverty

70

GBR

Paul Bird Motorsport

ART & PBM

1'22.845

19

Colin Edwards

5

USA

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

YAMAHA

1'22.888

20

Hector Barbera

8

ESP

Avintia Racing MotoGP

FTR-KAWASAKI

1'23.029

21

Mike Di Meglio

63

FRA

Avintia Racing MotoGP

FTR-KAWASAKI

1'23.423

22

Broc Parkes

23

AUS

Paul Bird Motorsport

PBM

1'23.428

23

Danilo Petrucci

9

ITA

IodaRacing Project

IODA-SUTER

1'23.484