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Marquez kicked off pole for San Marino GP

ALAN BALDWIN

ROME, Italy - Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo on Saturday (Sept 13) took Yamaha's first pole position of the 2014 MotoGP season for the San Marino GP while 2013 champion Marc Marquez had to settle for the second row.

Italian Andrea Iannone qualified second on a Ducati, just 0.051sec off the pace, with Lorenzo's team mate and nine-times champion Valentino Rossi completing the front row at Misano.

89-POINT LEAD

Spaniard Marquez, winner of 11 of the 12 races so far in 2014, will start fourth - his worst qualifying position of the season - with Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa fifth after the laps on a dry track.

Marquez has an 89-point lead over compatriot Pedrosa, his closest rival for the championship title.

Double MotoGP champion Lorenzo, whose most recent pole was at Japan's Motegi circuit in October 2013, has won for the past three years at Misano.

South African Brad Binder qualified 10th for the Moto3 race.

2014 San Marino MotoGP qualifying times
1 Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 1min33.238
2 Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 1min33.289
3 Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 1min33.302
4 Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 1min33.360
5 Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 1min33.418
6 Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 1min33.439
7 Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 1min33.557
8 Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 1min33.713
9 Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 1min33.761
10 Stefan Bradl (Germany) Honda 1min33.995

Moto2 qualifying
1 Mika Kallio (Finland) Kalex 1min38.043
2 Esteve Rabat (Spain) Kalex 1min38.110
3 Thomas Luethi (Switzerland) Suter 1min38.114
4 Maverick Vinales (Spain) Kalex 1min38.202
5 Dominique Aegerter (Switzerland) Suter 1min38.236
6 Johann Zarco (France) Caterham Suter 1min38.413
7 Ricard Cardus (Spain) Tech 3 1min38.499
8 Takaaki Nakagami (Japan) Kalex 1min38.506
9 Randy Krummenacher (Switzerland) Suter 1min38.522
10 Axel Pons (Spain) Kalex 1min38.626

Moto3 qualifying
1 Jack Miller (Australia) KTM 1min42.974
2 Niklas Ajo (Finland) Husqvarna 1min42.978
3 Alex Rins (Spain) Honda 1min43.012
4 Alex Marquez (Spain) Honda 1min43.163
5 Miguel Oliveira (Portugal) Mahindra 1min43.298
6 Danny Kent (Britain) Husqvarna 1min43.491
7 Niccolo Antonelli (Italy) KTM 1min43.546
8 Isaac Vinales (Spain) KTM 1min43.547
9 Efren Vazquez (Spain) Honda 1min43.553
10 Brad Binder (South Africa) Mahindra 1min43.676

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