Honda's Dani Pedrosa took an incredible pole position in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Spain in Jerez, going to the top in a last dash lap as team-mate Marc Marquez was unable to depose him on his last lap.
Pedrosa was fastest on Friday and on Saturday in FP3, on the charge at his first home race of the year. Behind Marquez is LCR Honda's Crutchlow 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 for Suzuki Ecstar with rookie Johann Zarco sixth for Yamaha Tech 3.
Fourteen world titles start the Spanish GP from the third row, with championship leader Valentino Rossi in seventh just ahead of Ducati Team’s Jorge Lorenzo only 0.002 back, as the 'Spartan' had a good day's work on Saturday, back up the timesheets in his home race. Jonas Folger is ninth in another solid result for the German rookie.
Marc VDS rider Jack Miller backed up his Friday pace with direct entry to Q2 and a top ten start despite a crash, with Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) in eleventh and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) in P12 after graduating from Q1. The rider from Granollers was another crasher in the Q2 session.
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 team-mate Bradley Smith.
The lights go out for the incredible Spanish GP at Jerez on Sunday at 14:00 (GMT +2) – with Pedrosa on pole for the first time since Sepang 2015.
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