Honda’s Marc Marquez will start the Catalunya MotoGP round from pole position after dominating qualifying in Barcelona. Using the shorter, F1-spec track following the death of Moto2 rider Luis Salom on Friday, Marquez lapped in 1m43.589s – almost half a second clear of reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo’s Yamaha, which clearly struggled through the slow final section of turns. Dani Pedrosa completes the front row on the second works Honda, with Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi fifth behind an impressive Hector Barbera. Story of the session Marquez showed his intent immediately with 1m43.905s, following a potentially quicker lap with 1m45.494s as he got badly baulked by Barbera at the...
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