MotoGP qualifying LIVE: Results from GermanGP as Marc Marquez grabs pole
MOTOGP world champion Marc Marquez, the 'King of the Sachsenring', took his ninth successive German Grand Prix pole position on Saturday.
The Honda rider's time of one minute 20.270 was a track record and left him perfectly placed for a ninth win in a row on Sunday at the eastern circuit near Chemnitz.
The Spaniard was pushed hard by Pramac Ducati's Italian Danilo Petrucci, who lapped only 0.025 seconds slower. Petrucci was also second fastest in qualifying last year.
Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, who will be Marquez's team mate next season, completed the front row for Ducati.
Yamaha's Maverick Vinales qualified fourth with two Italians - Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso and Yamaha's Valentino Rossi joining him on the second row.
Marquez's run of poles at the Sachsenring started in 2010 when he was competing in the 125cc category (now Moto3). He then took pole in Moto2 in 2011 and 2012 and is on a sequence of six in MotoGP.
The 25-year-old four-times MotoGP world champion won all of those races. He is currently 41 points clear of Rossi in the championship after eight rounds.
MotoGP qualifying - GermanGP results
Q2
1 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team
2 Danilo PETRUCCI Alma Pramac Racing
3 Jorge LORENZO Ducati Team
4 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team
6 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
7 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda CASTROL
8 Andrea IANNONE Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
9 Alvaro BAUTISTA Angel Nieto Team
10 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team
11 Alex RINS Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
12 Takaaki NAKAGAMI LCR Honda IDEMITSU
Q1
1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team
2 Takaaki NAKAGAMI LCR Honda
3 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia Racing Team
4 Johann ZARCO Monster Yamaha Tech 3
5 Jack MILLER Alma Pramac Racing
6 Pol ESPARGARO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
7 Bradley SMITH Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
8 Hafizh SYAHRIN Monster Yamaha Tech 3
9 Tito RABAT Reale Avintia Racing
10 Scott REDDING Aprilia Racing Team Gresini
11 Stefan BRADL EG 0,0 Marc VDS
12 Thomas LUTHI EG 0,0 Marc VDS
13 Karel ABRAHAM Angel Nieto Team
14 Xavier SIMEON Reale Avintia Racing