Motorcycling-Quartararo on pole at Assen, Marquez fourth on the grid

ByReuters

Published 29/06/2019 at 14:54 GMT+1

June 29 (Reuters) - MotoGP rookie Fabio Quartararo took his third pole position of the season, and second in a row, at the Dutch TT on Saturday with world champion Marc Marquez qualifying only fourth.

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The French Petronas Yamaha rider beat Spaniard Maverick Vinales, on the works Yamaha, by 0.140 seconds after lapping the Assen circuit with a track record of one minute 32.017 seconds.

Quartararo, now the youngest ever back-to-back pole-sitter at 20 years old, had set the previous record in Saturday's final practice.

Suzuki's Spaniard Alex Rins completed the front row.

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Marquez, on a factory Repsol Honda, will start off the front row for the first time this season. His team mate and fellow-Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo was ruled out for the weekend after crashing heavily on Friday.

Marquez has a 37 point lead over Ducati's Italian Andrea Dovizioso after seven of 19 races. Dovizioso qualified only 11th. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Christian Radnedge)

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