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Argentina MotoGP: Marc Marquez secures third consecutive pole

Marc Marquez stormed to his third consecutive pole position as he secured the top spot in qualifying for Argentina's MotoGP at Termas de Rio Hondo

The Honda rider was the only man capable of lapping the circuit in the 1m37s, finishing over seven tenths of a second faster than Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo.

Dani Pedrosa will start from third position, although the Spaniard finished nearly a second behind team-mate Marquez's time.

Aleix Espargaro was again the star of the Open class, qualifying in fourth place ahead of the Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso and the second Yamaha of Valentino Rossi.

Alvaro Bautista set the early pace before he was demoted by Stefan Bradl, both men matching the practice pace set by Marquez, who moved to the top of the times four minutes into the session with a time a full second faster than anybody else.

The Spaniard was the first man to dip below the 1m38s barrier, right before Bradl crashed his LCR Honda at Turn 2 as he tried to complete another flying lap.

The German took a heavy hit after a big high-side and did not return to the track. He will start from ninth place.

The order at the top did not change until the riders took to the track for their final runs during the last four minutes.

Pedrosa moved up to second with less than three minutes left, before he was demoted to third by Rossi, the second man to lap in the 1m38s.

Improvements from Dovizioso, Aleix Espargaro and Lorenzo were in vain, as Marquez flew even more and dived into the 1m37s with less than a minute left.

American Nicky Hayden made it to Q2 for the first time this year and will start the race from 12th position.

The other man to reach Q2 from Q1 was Briton Bradley Smith, who qualified in seventh.

Follow the MotoGP race at it happens on AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live from 17:30 UK time on Sunday April 27

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike             Time       Gap    
 1.  Marc Marquez      Honda                 1m37.683s         
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                1m38.425s  +0.742s
 3.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                 1m38.651s  +0.968s
 4.  Aleix Espargaro   Forward Yamaha        1m38.794s  +1.111s
 5.  Andrea Dovizioso  Ducati                1m38.856s  +1.173s
 6.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha                1m38.949s  +1.266s
 7.  Bradley Smith     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m38.958s  +1.275s
 8.  Andrea Iannone    Pramac Ducati         1m39.237s  +1.554s
 9.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda             1m39.297s  +1.614s
10.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda         1m39.429s  +1.746s
11.  Pol Espargaro     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m39.822s  +2.139s
12.  Nicky Hayden      Aspar Honda           1m40.541s  +2.858s
13.  Scott Redding     Gresini Honda         1m40.238s  Q1     
14.  Colin Edwards     Forward Yamaha        1m40.476s  Q1     
15.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Honda         1m40.615s  Q1     
16.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Aspar Honda           1m40.616s  Q1     
17.  Yonny Hernandez   Pramac Ducati         1m40.691s  Q1     
18.  Broc Parkes       PBM Aprilia           1m40.981s  Q1     
19.  Michele Pirro     Ducati                1m41.018s  Q1     
20.  Michael Laverty   PBM Aprilia           1m41.103s  Q1     
21.  Hector Barbera    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m41.129s  Q1     
22.  Mike di Meglio    Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m41.267s  Q1     
23.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda Aprilia          1m41.686s  Q1     
                                                               

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