Marc Marquez and the Repsol Honda team picked the perfect time to make a push for pole as the promised rain storm failed to materialise at Phillip Island. The Spaniard took a historic 65th pole position with a lap of 1’30.189, beating Cal Crutchlow by seven tenths of a second as he hit the track on full slicks at the ideal moment. But the newly-crowned World Champion admitted he was happy he sealed the title a week ago in Japan as this weekend continues to throw up some difficult situations. “This weekend has been really, really tricky with the weather conditions because you need to be fast of course but you need to have a clever strategy,” he said. “I’m lucky that in Japan it...
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