Marquez delighted to take important pole

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The Spaniard broke the lap record at the Sachsenring circuit to take top spot on the grid with a time of one minute and 20.937secs.

After gaining a seventh pole from nine attempts this season, Marquez is firmly on course to stretch his run of winning every race in 2014.

And the defending world champion, who suffered a crash in practice on Friday, was quick to recognise the significance of starting from the front at a track where overtaking has proven tricky in the past.

"The weekend has been affected by the crash I suffered yesterday, but I kept my nerve and little by little we've been getting better," Marquez said. 

"I felt good yesterday (Friday) afternoon and I was much better this morning. In the few laps I did in FP4, I could see that we had a good pace and a chance to fight for pole position.

 "Starting from the front is important for the race tomorrow, because this is a circuit where it is difficult to overtake.

"We will try and keep up the pace from practice, which I think has been good."

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