MotoGP Jerez qualifying
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By: Mitchell Adam
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Here's the full report from that session and the starting grid. See you back here for the race just before 1pm UK time tomorrow: 
Crutchlow confirms to TV crews he picked up five or six wasp stings there.
"I still don't know where it is but I found a load of crushed bits."
"I still don't know where it is but I found a load of crushed bits."
Crutchlow is having to undress and rearrange himself behind the presentation screen as it looks like he's got a wasp down his leathers. Genuinely.
Result:
1 Pedrosa
2 Marquez
3 Crutchlow
4 Vinales
5 Iannone
6 Zarco
7 Rossi
8 Lorenzo
9 Folger
10 Miller
11 Redding
12 A Espargaro
13 Petrucci
14 Dovizioso
15 P Espargaro
16 Smith
17 Bautista
18 Rabat
19 Abraham
20 Baz
21 Barbera
22 Lowes
23 Tsuda
1 Pedrosa
2 Marquez
3 Crutchlow
4 Vinales
5 Iannone
6 Zarco
7 Rossi
8 Lorenzo
9 Folger
10 Miller
11 Redding
12 A Espargaro
13 Petrucci
14 Dovizioso
15 P Espargaro
16 Smith
17 Bautista
18 Rabat
19 Abraham
20 Baz
21 Barbera
22 Lowes
23 Tsuda
Marquez was massively up on Pedrosa until that twitch late in the lap. It meant he only shaved 0.002s off his previous best and fell 0.049s shy of beating Marquez.
A big fast-corner wobble costs Marquez his momentum and he comes up short, it'll be Pedrosa on pole.
Pedrosa takes provisional pole - he does a 1m38.249s and that beats Marquez's simultaneous effort by 0.051s.
Crutchlow is quickest in sector three too but the works Hondas are beating his earlier sector times.
Marquez gives up on that one and pits. Expect him to jump back onto his number one bike for his next go.
Marquez jumped onto his spare bike for this run - which is his tactic for when he wants to squeeze three pole bids into a session.
While most riders are pitting for fresh tyres, Marquez is out for his second run, though so far he's not looking set to improve.
Order so far: 1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Iannone; 4 Lorenzo; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Miller; 7 Vinales; 8 Folger; 9 Zarco; 10 Rossi; 11 Espargaro; 12 Redding
Iannone gets a tow from Lorenzo and uses it to beat Lorenzo - the Suzuki takes third off the Ducati.
Vinales is slower than his Yamaha predecessor Lorenzo on this first run! Only fourth for the Yamaha.
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