Dani Pedrosa smashed the lap record to take pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix, while Valentino Rossi edged out title rival Jorge Lorenzo to seal a spot on the front row. Pedrosa's blistering pole time of 1m59.053s came during the first runs at a hazy Sepang circuit, his 1m59.053s putting him a full six tenths clear of Honda teammate Marc Marquez. And that would be it as far as the battle for pole position was concerned, Marquez suffering a severe wobble at Turn 12 during his second run that forced him to abort his lap. The reigning champion made a modest improvement on his third and final run, but came up 0.409s short - giving Pedrosa his first MotoGP pole since Catalunya last...
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