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56 THIS is Marc Marquez's 6th consecutive pole at the Sachsen- ring, leading to victory for the Spaniard for the last 5 years in a row. He said: "We will try for six wins, the most important thing is the confidence with the bike is really high. In this circuit I always get good results but this weekend I feel good and I'm con- stant. I was also fast over one lap so I'm happy, also happy with the work that we have done. Tomor- row is the most important so we have to keep on like this." Joining him on the front row are his team mate Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha). Second place on the grid is Pedrosa's best qualif ying result of the season: "Yeah, I was happy with my first feeling in the first run but Crutchlow didn't see me and ruined my lap. Unfortunately I had to stop and change tyres and I wasn't sure if we could do it on the second tyre because sometimes you don't get the same feel- ing. Actually I pro- duced a good lap and to get the front row at this track is very impor- tant. Hope- fully we can make a little step to- morrow as Mar- quez's pace is very high and we're still missing a little. Hopefully we can make a good start and make the right tyre choice, which will be critical." After starting from 8th in As- sen, Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha) is back on qualif ying form but concerned by the pace show by the Repsol Honda duo: "Impressive, it seems the Honda has no problems. They're able to brake later and accelerate very soon. It will be tough to stay with them, I am the first Yamaha to do a 1'20 in this track so I am very happy with this lap time. I did my best and I didn't get even close to them. I think our goal is to try to get the podium, the victory will be difficult but you never know. The podium is defi- nitely achievable." Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) will start from 4th place, with Yonny Hernández (Octo Pramac Racing) in a very respectable 5th after having to fight his way through Q1. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) completes the second row in 6th. The Espargaro brothers will have a chance to wish each oth- er luck before the lights go out, given that they start together on the third row with Aleix (Team Suzuki Ecstar) in 7th and Pol (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in 8th. Rounding out the top 10 are British riders Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Cal Crutchlow (CWM-LCR Honda), who start from 9th & 10th respectively. Sport maltatoday, SUNDAY, 12 JULY 2015 MOTOGP Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.0 1'20.336 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 294.2 1'20.628 0.292 / 0.292 3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 289.9 1'20.921 0.585 / 0.293 4 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 294.5 1'21.029 0.693 / 0.108 5 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 292.2 1'21.115 0.779 / 0.086 6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 290.7 1'21.220 0.884 / 0.105 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 282.7 1'21.239 0.903 / 0.019 8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 293.4 1'21.274 0.938 / 0.035 9 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 293.0 1'21.329 0.993 / 0.055 10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 288.3 1'21.409 1.073 / 0.080 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 297.1 1'21.503 1.167 / 0.094 12 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 289.1 1'21.796 1.460 / 0.293 Marquez secures pole for German GP The Repsol Honda rider's 1'20.336 lap was enough to net him first position on the grid for this weekend's MotoGP battle Marc Marquez 2015 GoPro MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND