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maltatoday SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 Sport 50 M AV ERICK Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took pole po- sition on his penultimate lap in qualif ying for the Gran Premio Tribul Mastercard di San Ma- rino e della Riviera di Rimini, deposing home hero and key Championship rival Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who will now start second. Com- pleting the top three is reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Rep- sol Honda Team), who crashed in the session when on his fast- est lap – rider ok. Despite doubts about the weather, Saturday gave the grid good conditions for practice and qualif ying at Misano, and pole position came down to a three-way duel. Dovizioso was the man on provisional pole as Viñales and Marquez be- gan their final pushes, with the younger Spaniard going fastest on his penultimate effort and then rolling off after Marquez fell out of contention. Fourth was a late dash from Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), riding with a finger injury, and the Brit headed five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Duca- ti Team) by only 0.024 seconds. Joining the experienced duo on Row 2 is rookie Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), who bounced back from a crash on Saturday morning to take a sec- ond row start in sixth. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) is seventh – one place higher than his qualif ying posi- tion last year, when he went on to win – with Friday's fastest Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing) taking eighth. Aleix Es- pargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) moved up slightly on his last lap, and completes the third row in P9. Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) is P10 after lead- ing the charge from Q1, with Ducati test rider and wildcard Michele Pirro suffering a prob- lem in the session and lining up in eleventh. Karel Abraham (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) com- pleted the top twelve. From Q1, P13 is Hector Bar- bera (Reale Avintia Racing) de- spite a big crash earlier on Sat- urday, with Jack Miller (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) in fourteenth after having a lap deleted. Loris Baz (Reale Avintia Racing) locked out the fastest fifteen, with Jo- nas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) also falling foul of track limits and relegated to P16 after marginally heading wide in Q1. Now it's race time. Will we see a re-run of 2017 and the number 26 slicing through the field? Can Marquez bounce back, Viñales go one better, Dovizioso make it three in a row? And the big question: will it be rain or shine on today. MOTOGP Qualifying results - 2017 San Marino MotoGP Grand Prix Pos. Driver Team Time Laps 1. M. Viñales Yamaha 01:32.439 9 2. A. Dovizioso Ducati 01:32.601 9 3. M. Marquez Repsol Honda 01:32.636 7 4. C. Crutchlow LCR Honda 01:32.768 9 5. J. Lorenzo Ducati 01:32.792 9 6. J. Zarco Tech 3 01:32.885 8 7. D. Pedrosa Repsol Honda 01:32.992 9 8. D. Petrucci Pramac 01:32.997 8 9. A. Espargaro Aprilia 01:33.149 9 10. A. Bautista Aspar 01:33.417 8 11. M. Pirro Pramac 01:33.491 6 12. K. Abraham Aspar 01:34.374 8 Expression of Interest – Architectural Services The Government Printing Press within the Office of the Prime Minister would like to inform the public that an Expression of interest for Architectural Services has been issued in the Government Gazette dated 5th September 2017. Viñales snatches pole from Dovizioso at Misano Championship top three on the front row despite a crash for Marquez