Marquez takes pole for GP of the Americas

Honda’s MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez stormed to pole position for the second straight year at the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas on Saturday, as the Spaniard continued his early season domination of the series.

Marquez, who also started from pole for the season opener in Qatar last month, put down a sizzling lap of two minutes, 2.773 second on his final lap around the twisting Circuit of the Americas, shattering his own track record.

Dani Pedrosa, Marquez’s compatriot and Honda team mate, was second fastest on 2:03.062, followed by Germany’s Stefan Bradl, on a non-factory Honda, to complete the front row for Sunday’s race. It will be an all-Yamaha second row.