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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 10 AUGUST 2014 Sport 47 47 SPORTTODAY MOTOGP Download the MaltaToday App now Marquez rides to eighth pole of 2014 at Indy MARC Marquez took pole at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix from Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo, clinching the top spot on the grid at the modified IMS track with a best lap of 1'31.619. An eighth pole of the season for Marquez gives him a good chance of continuing his winning run as he seeks a tenth successive victory on Sunday. Dovizioso (Ducati Team) pro- duced a good lap towards the end of Q2 to get within 0.225s of Mar- quez in second, whilst Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was a quarter of a second off pole as he completed the front row. Aleix Espargaro (NGM For- ward Racing) impressed again in fourth, whilst Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) reached his usual target of a top five qualif ying position. Aleix's brother Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) was provisionally on the front row but was eventu- ally pushed back to sixth. Andrea Iannone (Pramac Rac- ing), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) and Bradley Smith (Mon- ster Yamaha Tech3) will line up on row three, provided Smith is fit to ride after a big high side at Turn 2 in the final minutes of Q2. Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda Mo- toGP) heads the fourth row after topping FP3 earlier in the day. Whilst Scott Redding (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) and Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) made it through from Q1 to qualif y 11th and 12th respectively. Substitute rider Leon Camier did well as he rides in place of Nicky Hayden for the Drive M7 Aspar team, qualif ying 16th from Q1. Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Hon- da Gresini) qualified 14th after surviving a big high side earlier in proceedings in FP3, whilst Broc Parkes (Paul Bird Motorsport) walked away from a Q1 crash and will start 22nd on the grid. Starting Grid - 2014 Indianapolis MotoGP Grand Prix Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. M. Marquez Repsol Honda 01:31.619 8 2. A. Dovizioso Ducati 01:31.844 8 3. J. Lorenzo Yamaha 01:31.869 8 4. A. Espargaro Forward 01:32.113 7 5. V. Rossi Yamaha 01:32.160 8 6. P. Espargaro Tech 3 01:32.243 8 7. A. Iannone Pramac 01:32.254 8 8. D. Pedrosa Repsol Honda 01:32.331 8 9. B. Smith Tech 3 01:32.343 7 10. S. Bradl LCR 01:32.514 8 11. S. Redding Gresini 01:32.714 8 12. C. Crutchlow Ducati 01:32.794 7 Marc Marquez starts from pole position for the eighth time this season