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Malaysia polesitter Marc Marquez hit with six-place grid drop

Malaysian MotoGP poleman Marc Marquez has been handed a six-place grid penalty for blocking Andrea Iannone in the latter stages of qualifying at Sepang.  Suzuki's Iannone was on his penultimate hot lap in the latter stages of a damp Q2 when he came across Marquez, who had crashed at Turn 4 just moments earlier, on an out-lap. Iannone was unable to clear Marquez braking down into Turn 9, with the Suzuki rider visibly frustrated as he passed around the outside of Turn 10.  Marquez took his seventh pole of the season with a 2:12.161s, while Iannone was left just a few hundredths off the front row in fourth.  The incident was put under investigation, and Race Direction have...
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