World championship leader Marc Marquez claimed his seventh pole position of the season at the Aragon MotoGP on Saturday ahead of title rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.
Honda rider Marquez, who has a 34-point lead over his fellow Spaniards, sealed pole with a stunning lap of 1min 47.804sec to edge out Yamaha’s defending world champion Lorenzo by just one tenth of a second.
Yamaha’s seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi will start on the second row alongside Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista as each of the first six riders bettered the track record set by Australian Casey Stoner in 2011.
“It was a very hard fought qualification,” 20-year-old Marquez told Spanish TV station Telecinco.
“On the second lap with new tyres I was able to get a bit more and lower my time to give me the pole, but tomorrow (Sunday) is what is important and where we will get points for the championship.
“We need to try and have a great race in front of our fans. It will be important to manage the tyres well.”
There was frustration for Lorenzo as he had provisionally taken the lead seconds before Marquez surged.
However, having come from behind Marquez to win the past two races in Britain and San Marino he is still confident of success on Sunday.
“I am very happy because the truth is I didn’t expect a 1min 47sec lap, to do that on this circuit is incredible.
“I made a slight error on the first corner which lost me a few tenths but second place is very good for tomorrow.”
Pedrosa had set the pace early on and he was disappointed not to have gone faster in his second lap than in his first.
“After the first lap I had a good time and I hoped to go a bit better in the second, but I couldn’t.
“In any case the front row is good and we need to fight in the race tomorrow.”
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