Motorcyclist Marquez grabs fourth straight Austin pole
Spain's Marc Marquez put his Honda on pole for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas for the fourth straight year on Saturday, extending his dominance in Austin, Texas.
The Honda rider, who won the first three editions of the race in the hills outside the Texas capital from pole position, will try to make it four in a row on Sunday after topping qualifying with a time of 2min 3.188sec.
He will start from the front row of the grid alongside his two great Yamaha rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.
Reigning world champion Lorenzo, also of Spain, was second-fastest in qualifying with a time of 2:03.257 and Italy's Rossi, a nine-time world champion, clocked 2:03.644.