MotoGP: Marc Marquez claims pole by over half a second in Le Mans

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A flying 1:32.246 put Spaniard Marc Marquez back on top and 0.503 seconds clear of second place rider Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) during Saturday’s qualifying session for the French Grand Prix. Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will start from third on the grid after lapping in 1:32.846 - 0.6 seconds slower than Marquez.

British rider Cal Crutchlow (CWM-LCR Honda) will start from fourth on the grid after putting in a 1:32.897 lap - just 0.051 seconds away from stealing third from Lorenzo.

Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) starts the French GP in fifth position, leaving Brit Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in sixth. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) will start from seventh and eighth respectively.

Danilo Petrucci (Pramac Racing) and Aleix Espargaro (Team Suzuki Ecstar) - who both made the jump up from Q1 - ended up qualifying in ninth and 10th places respectively. That left Yonny Hernández (Pramac Racing) and Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in 11th and 12th.

Coverage from the 2015 MotoGP French Grand Prix will start at 7:30 a.m. ET Sunday on FOX Sports 1.

To view the qualifying results, click here.