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Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo obliterated the lap record at the Automotodrom Brno to take an incredible pole position at the bwin Grand Prix Ceské Republiky.

The two-time MotoGP World Champion secured his second pole of the season with Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and championship leader Valentino Rossi completing the front row.

As always, the outcome came down to the final few seconds of the session when riders popped in a fresh softer option rear tyre and headed out on their last flying laps.

Lorenzo had already broken Cal Crutchlow’s 2013 pole record in FP3, and after his first run found himself on top of the time sheets with a 1m55.238s.

Things would just get better for the Spaniard on his second run, as he managed to set the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around the circuit, and the first under the 1m55s barrier.

His record-breaking 1m54.989s securing his 31st pole position in his MotoGP career in the process. Lorenzo is aiming to take his first win at Brno since 2010 as he looks to close the 9-point gap in the standings to his teammate Rossi.

Marc Marquez followed up his back-to-back wins at Indianapolis and the Sachsenring by qualifying in second. The reigning MotoGP World Champion missing out on pole by just 0.074s as he also decimated the previous pole record.

Marquez won at Brno in 2013, although last year he finished fourth, and is currently third in the championship standings having closed the gap to Rossi at the top to 56 points.

Current championship leader Valentino Rossi had to dig deep in an effort to cure his qualifying woes, but it paid off and he will start Sunday’s race from the back of the front row.

The Italian had completed a Yamaha 1-2 behind Lorenzo in FP3 and FP4, but could not quite match the pace of his teammate in Q2, finishing 0.364s behind Lorenzo.

Rossi will be delighted to be starting from the front row after conceding too much time to Lorenzo and Marquez at the start of the Indianapolis GP when he had to start from eighth.

Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone (+0.401s) stuck with the older version of his GP15 to set the fourth fastest time on his very last lap.

The Italian had received an updated version of the Desmosedici for Brno with a new engine and fairing, but opted for the older model for the entirety of the session.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith was the leading satellite rider, and will start from the middle of the second row. Smith has shown an impressive race pace throughout the weekend and found himself just 0.471s behind Lorenzo in fifth.

Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso (+0.946s) was almost a further 0.5s back as he made use of his updated GP15 to secure sixth on the grid.

Maverick Viñales on the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR once again out qualified his more experienced teammate and will start from seventh.

Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) had earlier made it through as the fastest rider from Q1 and will start from eighth. A rather battered and bruised Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda recovered from his crash in FP2 to set the ninth fastest time.

CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow had to settle for 10th, after he was also forced to battle it out in Q1. The British rider will start from the front of the fourth row, with Avintia Racing’s Hector Barbera in 11th on the leading Open class bike.

Crutchlow’s teammate Jack Miller recovered from a small crash during the morning’s free practice session to qualify in 22nd place.

Ajo Motorsport rider Johann Zarco secured his fifth Moto2 pole position of the season in ideal conditions at the bwin Grand Prix Ceské Republiky.

The Frenchman, who currently enjoys a 71-point lead in the Moto2 World Championship, set a 2m01.614 to break Tito Rabat’s 2014 pole record (2m01.911s) in the process.

Zarco finished 0.259s ahead of Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS’s Rabat, with the Spaniard missing out on pole after just missing out on top spot in FP3, and Paginas Amarillas HP40’s Alex Rins (+0.287s).

Ongetta-Rivacold’s Niccolo Antonelli claimed his first Moto3 pole position of the season in a dramatic conclusion to the session where the top 18 riders on the grid were separated by less than a second.

The Italian left it late to set a 2m07.700s, ahead of championship leader Leopard Racing’s Danny Kent just 0.002s back, and Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Jorge Navarro in third.

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