Marquez grabs pole in Malaysia

World champion Marc Marquez snatched pole position yesterday for the Malaysian MotoGP despite falling off his bike in a rain-hit race while course favourite Andrea Dovizioso also took a tumble.

Qualifying for today’s Grand Prix was delayed for over an hour as the Sepang International Circuit was hit by a torrential downpour.

When the race finally got underway, Honda’s Marquez clocked the fastest lap time of 2 minutes 12.161 seconds early on and stayed in the lead for the whole race. (AFP)