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Repsol Honda’s Marquez set the fastest ever lap by a MotoGP bike around the 5km MotorLand Aragon circuit, as he claimed his 29th premier class pole position in a thrilling Q2 session.

The Spaniard made the most of ideal conditions at the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón to set a 1m46.635s on his first run to completely annihilate his own 2014 pole record in the process by over half a second.

The reigning MotoGP World Champion utilised a two-stop strategy and appeared to be going even quicker on his third run before he lost the front at turn two, walking away unhurt.

Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo, who had earlier topped FP3 after dominating on Friday, was the only rider to get within 0.5s of Marquez.

Lorenzo finished 0.108s off the pace of Marquez, as he attempts to close the 23-point gap in the standings to his teammate Valentino Rossi. Lorenzo was the only other rider to break the 1m47s barrier.

Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone pulled off the surprise of the day to complete the front row, despite riding through the pain barrier.

The Italian re-dislocated his left shoulder in a training accident after Misano but managed to set a time good enough to secure his fourth front row start of the season and first since Mugello.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro (+0.699s) put in a sensational lap to start from the front of the second row in fourth as the leading Satellite rider. This equalled the Spaniard’s best qualifying performance of the season at Jerez.

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa (+0.722s) had topped the earlier FP4 session but will start Sunday’s race from fifth. Pedrosa had found himself on the provisional front row after the first run, will have to start from the middle of the second row.

Movistar Yamaha’s championship leader Rossi (+0.857s) was staring down the barrel of a third row start before he managed to respond on his final lap to set a time good enough for sixth.

The nine-time world champion found himself 0.749s off the pace off his closest rival Lorenzo in what was his worst qualifying performance since Indianapolis.

Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaro made use of the minor engine upgrade brought by his team to Aragon to set the seventh fastest time in his best qualifying performance since the Sachsenring.

LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow will start from the middle of the third row, as he lost out to Espargaro by just 0.001s. The British rider improved from 13th on the combined timesheets on Friday to finish in 10th ahead of Danilo Petrucci on the Octo Pramac Racing Ducati.

Petrucci earlier had made it through from Q1 with his teammate Yonny Hernandez at the expense of Andrea Dovizioso on the Factory Ducati, who will be forced to start from 13th.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith recovered from an earlier crash at turn 5 in FP3 to complete the top 10, while Hernandez and the second Suzuki GSX-RR of Maverick Viñales round out the fourth row.

EG 0,0 Marc VDS’s Scott Redding will start form 14th, while Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) is the leading Open class rider in 15th in his best qualifying performance since Argentina.

His teammate Nicky Hayden qualified in 16th despite riding with a broken thumb while Australian Jack Miller will start from the middle of row seven in 20th.

EG 0,0 Marc VDS’s Tito Rabat set a 1m52.232s in the glorious sunshine at MotorLand Aragon to re-write history and take over a second off Marc Marquez’s 2011 record.

Amazingly, Rabat managed 14 laps under the old record and in the process set the fastest ever lap by a Moto2 bike around the Alcaniz track to claim his 15th career Moto2 pole position.

Paginas Amarillas HP40’s Alex Rins was just 0.035s off the pace of the reigning Moto2 World Champion, as he secured his seventh front row start of the season in an incredibly close session that saw less than a second separate the top 15 riders.

The current championship leader Johann Zarco completed the front row, although he was 0.427s off the pace of Rabat. The Frenchman has a 93-point advantage over Rabat and can lift the title on Sunday if results go his way.

Gresini Racing Team Moto3’s Enea Bastianini set a 1m57.755s to record the fastest ever Moto3 lap around the MotorLand Aragon circuit on his way to taking pole at the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón.

The 17-year-old Italian, who took his maiden Moto3 victory last time out at Misano, ended the session 0.200s ahead of nearest rival, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Miguel Oliveira.

Leopard Racing’s Danny Kent (+0.201s), who has a 55-point lead over Bastianini in the standings, left it late to secure his 11th front row start of the season. Aussie Remy Gardner will start from 31st on the CIP Mahindra.

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