Marc Marquez's fantastic Sachsenring record continued in qualifying as he grabbed pole position while Jorge Lorenzo had an afternoon to forget. Lorenzo had to progress through Q1 for the first time in his career after failing to post a top-ten time during the weekend's earlier practice sessions. The Yamaha rider was fortune to make it through as he was second when he crashed at Turn 8 in the final minutes of the session. He got it wrong on the kerbs with the front end of his YZR-M1 washing away. Lorenzo, who was under threat from Cal Crutchlow at the time, made it through to Q2 by a mere 0.04s. But his trouble were by no means over as he crashed again, this time going down at Turn 1, to...
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