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Jerez Moto3: Alex Rins takes another pole despite crash

Alex Rins recovered from an early-session crash to secure his second straight Moto3 pole position ahead of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix

The Spaniard, victorious last time out at Austin, had just set the then-fastest time of the weekend before crashing on the exit of Turn 1 - just moments after his Monlau KTM team-mate Alex Marquez went down at Turn 5.

But the chasing pack could not overhaul Rins as he recovered to the pits, and on his return to the track he went faster still.

His best effort, a 1m46.660s, left him just under half a second ahead of Maverick Vinales aboard the Laglisse KTM.

Luis Salom completed an all-Spanish front row while Brad Binder was a late improver, hauling his Ambrogio Suter up to fourth.

He will be joined on the second row by Jack Miller and Niccolo Antonelli.

Pos  Rider                Team/Bike              Time       Gap
 1.  Alex Rins            Monlau KTM             1m46.660s
 2.  Maverick Vinales     Laglisse KTM           1m47.145s  + 0.485s
 3.  Luis Salom           Ajo KTM                1m47.327s  + 0.667s
 4.  Brad Binder          Ambrogio Suter-Honda   1m47.517s  + 0.857s
 5.  Jack Miller          Caretta-RTG FTR-Honda  1m47.613s  + 0.953s
 6.  Niccolo Antonelli    Gresini FTR-Honda      1m47.742s  + 1.082s
 7.  Jonas Folger         Aspar Kalex-KTM        1m47.793s  + 1.133s
 8.  Niklas Ajo           Tecno KTM              1m47.868s  + 1.208s
 9.  Jakub Kornfeil       RW Kalex-KTM           1m48.009s  + 1.349s
10.  Efren Vazquez        Mahindra               1m48.147s  + 1.487s
11.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin  Ajo KTM                1m48.262s  + 1.602s
12.  Danny Webb           Ambrogio Suter-Honda   1m48.359s  + 1.699s
13.  Alexis Masbou        Ongetta FTR-Honda      1m48.413s  + 1.753s
14.  Arthur Sissis        Ajo KTM                1m48.481s  + 1.821s
15.  Miguel Oliveira      Mahindra               1m48.498s  + 1.838s
16.  Isaac Vinales        Ongetta FTR-Honda      1m48.502s  + 1.842s
17.  John Mcphee          Caretta-RTG FTR-Honda  1m48.559s  + 1.899s
18.  Romano Fenati        Italia FTR-Honda       1m48.618s  + 1.958s
19.  Jasper Iwema         RW Kalex-KTM           1m48.715s  + 2.055s
20.  Eric Granado         Aspar Kalex-KTM        1m48.731s  + 2.071s
21.  Livio Loi            Marc VDS Kalex-KTM     1m48.742s  + 2.082s
22.  Alex Marquez         Monlau KTM             1m48.994s  + 2.334s
23.  Francesco Bagnaia    Italia FTR-Honda       1m49.072s  + 2.412s
24.  Ana Carrasco         Laglisse KTM           1m49.092s  + 2.432s
25.  Jorge Navarro        MIR                    1m49.201s  + 2.541s
26.  Florian Alt          Kiefer Kalex-KTM       1m49.266s  + 2.606s
27.  Alessandro Tonucci   Tasca Honda            1m49.432s  + 2.772s
28.  Toni Finsterbusch    Kiefer Kalex-KTM       1m49.435s  + 2.775s
29.  Juanfran Guevara     CIP TSR-Honda          1m49.561s  + 2.901s
30.  Philipp Oettl        Paddock Kalex-KTM      1m49.664s  + 3.004s
31.  Alan Techer          CIP TSR-Honda          1m49.743s  + 3.083s
32.  Matteo Ferrari       Ongetta FTR-Honda      1m49.761s  + 3.101s
33.  Hyuga Watanabe       Tasca Honda            1m50.086s  + 3.426s
34.  Lorenzo Baldassarri  Gresini FTR-Honda      1m50.293s  + 3.633s
35.  Kevin Hanus          Sabo Honda             1m52.703s  + 6.043s

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