VALENCIA, Spain: Jorge Lorenzo stormed to pole position in a circuit record time for Sunday’s decisive Valencia Grand Prix to boost his chances of claiming a third world championship.
Lorenzo smashed defending world champion Marc Marquez’s previous track record by over two tenths of a second to claim his fifth pole of the season in 1min 30.011sec.
Marquez and his Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa complete the front row with championship leader Valentino Rossi forced to start from the back of the grid as punishment for kicking Marquez off his bike at the Malaysian Grand Prix two weeks ago. --AFP