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125cc: Marquez takes maiden pole

Marc Marquez took his maiden 125cc pole position in an exciting qualifying session ahead of tomorrow's French Grand Prix

On a drying Le Mans track, with lap times tumbling down throughout the 40-minute running, the Red Bull KTM rider set the quickest time of 1m47.080s with the chequered flag already shown.

The 16-year-old Spaniard beat Scott Redding (Blusens Aprilia) by less than a tenth, with Nicolas Terol (Jack & Jones Aprilia) and Dominique Aegerter (Ajo Derbi) completing the front row.

Derbi's Joan Olive will head the second row, followed by Aspar Aprilia teammates Bradley Smith and Julian Simon, and Stefan Bradl on the Kiefer Aprilia.

The track conditions led to a dozen crashes, including the Aprilias of series leader Andrea Iannone (23rd on the grid), Smith, Simone Corsi (19th), Takaaki Nakagami (31st), the Derbis of Pol Espargaro (15th) and Sandro Cortese (24th).

Pos  Rider               Bike     Time       Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez        KTM      1m47.080s
 2.  Scott Redding       Aprilia  1m47.173s  + 0.093
 3.  Nicolas Terol       Aprilia  1m47.783s  + 0.703
 4.  Dominique Aegerter  Derbi    1m47.995s  + 0.915
 5.  Joan Olive          Derbi    1m48.085s  + 1.005
 6.  Bradley Smith       Aprilia  1m48.115s  + 1.035
 7.  Julian Simon        Aprilia  1m48.334s  + 1.254
 8.  Stefan Bradl        Aprilia  1m48.508s  + 1.428
 9.  Tomoyoshi Koyama    Loncin   1m49.313s  + 2.233
10.  Daniel Webb         Aprilia  1m49.439s  + 2.359
11.  Cameron Beaubier    KTM      1m49.695s  + 2.615
12.  Sergio Gadea        Aprilia  1m50.239s  + 3.159
13.  Esteve Rabat        Aprilia  1m50.598s  + 3.518
14.  Alexis Masbou       Loncin   1m50.692s  + 3.612
15.  Pol Espargaro       Derbi    1m50.761s  + 3.681
16.  Jonas Folger        Aprilia  1m51.001s  + 3.921
17.  Randy Krummenacher  Aprilia  1m51.430s  + 4.350
18.  Lukas Sembera       Aprilia  1m51.812s  + 4.732
19.  Simone Corsi        Aprilia  1m52.028s  + 4.948
20.  Lorenzo Zanetti     Aprilia  1m52.443s  + 5.363
21.  Lorenzo Savadori    Aprilia  1m52.684s  + 5.604
22.  Steven Le Coquen    Honda    1m53.225s  + 6.145
23.  Andrea Iannone      Aprilia  1m53.579s  + 6.499
24.  Sandro Cortese      Derbi    1m54.504s  + 7.424
25.  Efren Vazquez       Derbi    1m54.640s  + 7.560
26.  Luca Marconi        Aprilia  1m54.793s  + 7.713
27.  Cyril Carrillo      Honda    1m55.313s  + 8.233
28.  Gregory Di Carlo    Honda    1m56.432s  + 9.352
29.  Luca Vitali         Aprilia  1m56.705s  + 9.625
30.  Jasper Iwema        Honda    1m57.807s  + 10.727
31.  Takaaki Nakagami    Aprilia  1m58.882s  + 11.802
32.  Johann Zarco        Aprilia  1m59.162s  + 12.082
33.  Sturla Fagerhaug    KTM      2m03.768s  + 16.688

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