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Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took pole position in qualifying for Red Bull Spanish grand prix at Jerez, taking to the top in the final minutes of the session and teammate Marc Marquez unable to depose him on his last lap.

Pedrosa is on the charge at his first home race of the year, where he is already a multiple winner. Behind Marquez is Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), completing the front row in a Honda 1-2-3.

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales took fourth to head up the second row ahead of Q1 graduate and comeback king Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar), with rookie Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in sixth.

Fourteen world titles start the Spanish GP from the third row, with championship leader Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) in seventh just ahead of Ducati Team’s Jorge Lorenzo only 0.002s back. Jonas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) is ninth in another solid showing for the German rookie.

Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) backed up his Friday pace with direct entry to Q2 and a top 10 start despite a crash, with Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) in eleventh and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) in 12th.

Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing) starts P13 from Q1, ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and a stunning display from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol Espargaro to complete the top fifteen, just ahead of teammate Bradley Smith.

The 2014 Moto3 world champion Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) will start his home GP at Jerez from his first-ever pole position with a new record, leading teammate and championship leader by Franco Morbidelli by 0.046s and Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing). Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing) will start out of P28.

In Moto3, Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) broke Jack Miller’s record from 2014 in qualifying, setting a 1m46.004s on his penultimate run on clear track to top the time-sheets by over four tenths. Compatriot Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) lines up in P2, with Texas winner Romano Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) third.