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125cc: Marquez claims Qatar 125cc pole

Marc Marquez took the first pole of the 125cc season at Losail this evening, leading an all-Spanish front row

Tuenti Derbi's Pol Espargaro had been on top for much of the session, but was pushed back to fourth late on. Although he eventually managed to reclaim second place, he was still nearly half a second adrift of Marquez, as the Ajo Derbi rider wrapped the third pole of his world championship career.

Nico Terol (Aspar) and Efren Vazquez (Tuenti) filled the rest of the front row spots, ahead of Randy Krummenacher and Tomoyoshi Koyama.

Last year's championship runner-up Bradley Smith was only eighth, with the Aspar team struggling to rectify an engine problem on his bike.

Pos  Rider               Bike       Time       Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez        Derbi      2m06.651s
 2.  Pol Espargaro       Derbi      2m07.110s  + 0.459s
 3.  Nicolas Terol       Aprilia    2m07.136s  + 0.485s
 4.  Efren Vazquez       Derbi      2m07.143s  + 0.492s
 5.  Randy Krummenacher  Aprilia    2m07.770s  + 1.119s
 6.  Tomoyoshi Koyama    Aprilia    2m07.943s  + 1.292s
 7.  Sandro Cortese      Derbi      2m08.211s  + 1.560s
 8.  Alexis Masbou       Aprilia    2m08.735s  + 2.084s
 9.  Bradley Smith       Aprilia    2m08.835s  + 2.184s
10.  Esteve Rabat        Aprilia    2m08.850s  + 2.199s
11.  Johann Zarco        Aprilia    2m09.382s  + 2.731s
12.  Jasper Iwema        Aprilia    2m09.388s  + 2.737s
13.  Danny Webb          Aprilia    2m09.647s  + 2.996s
14.  Alberto Moncayo     Aprilia    2m09.649s  + 2.998s
15.  Marcel Schrötter    Honda      2m09.739s  + 3.088s
16.  Sturla Fagerhaug    Aprilia    2m10.010s  + 3.359s
17.  Muhammad Zulfahmi   Aprilia    2m10.253s  + 3.602s
18.  Jonas Folger        Aprilia    2m10.405s  + 3.754s
19.  Louis Rossi         Aprilia    2m10.680s  + 4.029s
20.  Adrian Martin       Aprilia    2m10.859s  + 4.208s
21.  Jakub Kornfeil      Aprilia    2m10.864s  + 4.213s
22.  Lorenzo Savadori    Aprilia    2m11.034s  + 4.383s
23.  Luis Salom          Lambretta  2m11.038s  + 4.387s
24.  Luca Marconi        Aprilia    2m11.307s  + 4.656s
25.  Quentin Jacquet     Aprilia    2m13.874s  + 7.223s
26.  Marco Ravaioli      Lambretta  2m14.311s  + 7.660s

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