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55 Sport maltatoday, SUNDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2013 MOTOGP Marquez beats Lorenzo to Aragón pole CHAMPIONSHIP leader Marc Marquez has achieved his seventh pole position of the MotoGP season, edging out Jorge Lorenzo by one hundredth of a second at MotorLand Aragon. Last year's winner Dani Pedrosa will start third, with Valentino Rossi and Stefan Bradl completing the top five. Marquez's seventh pole and third in succession came following a tight battle in north-eastern Spain, with MotorLand Aragón being one of seven anti-clockwise circuits on the current calendar. Lorenzo had topped the timesheets on Friday morning before Marquez moved ahead, although – following a damp third session – it was Pedrosa who led the way in final practice ahead of qualifying. The record pole time was delivered by Marquez in the form of 1'47.804, with Yamaha Factory Racing's Lorenzo preventing a Repsol Honda Team qualifying onetwo. This means the top three on the grid will start in championship order, with Marquez holding a 34point advantage over both of his rivals. Lorenzo's teammate Valentino Rossi also saw his grid place match his position in the championship, being demoted from second to fourth in the final moments, ahead of Honda satellite riders Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) and Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini). Struggling for top speed on Aragón's kilometre-long back straight, Cal Crutchlow could muster no more than seventh place while Monster Yamaha Tech3 teammate Bradley Smith qualified eighth and only two tenths of a second slower, having progressed from Q1 after being denied the chance of a direct Q2 position due chiefly to track conditions in third practice. Ducati Team's Andrea Dovizioso and Power Electronics Aspar's Aleix Espargaro (the leading CRT runner) completed the top ten, while Ducati's Nicky Hayden (11th) was unable to meet his second row target and Energy T.I. Pramac's Andrea Iannone (12th) rounded out the first half of the grid. Yonny Hernandez enjoyed a strong debut for Ignite Pramac Racing and almost a spot in Q2 en route to 13th place, while Aspar's Randy de Puniet settled for 16th following problems. Italian debutant Luca Scassa (Cardion AB Motoracing) will head up the back row from 22nd, covering for Karel Abraham who is out for the rest of the season, while Australia's Damian Cudlin – replacing Hernandez at PBM for both Aragón and Phillip Island – experienced a crash from which he suffered minor injuries to his right hand and arm. This weekend's race marks Round 14 of 2013 and the fourth at MotorLand Aragón, which first appeared on the MotoGP calendar in 2010. Marc Marquez Weather & Crosswords WEATHER: Partly cloudy locally partly to rather cloudy at times VISIBILITY: Good WIND: South Southeast force 3 to 4 locally force 4 to 5, becoming force 4 to 5 for some time, veering Westerly overnight. 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