Marc Marquez took pole position for the third round of MotoGP at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, but only just from Jorge Lorenzo. Championship leader Marquez – who has won here every time he’s raced at COTA – lapped his Honda in 2m03.188s. This was his fourth successive Austin pole. "Really happy with pole position, we are working hard for tomorrow and it looks like my pace is good – both Yamahas are closer," said Marquez. Although this is far from Yamaha’s best circuit, Lorenzo threw everything at Marquez, and got within 0.069s at his second attempt, but it just wasn’t enough to snatch pole. “We made a great job to improve the bike in every session, so I did a...
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