Ducati's Marquez fastest at Americas GP for hat-trick of poles

Reuters - 29/03
Marc Marquez set the fastest time in qualifying at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Saturday as the factory Ducati rider and MotoGP championship leader stormed to his third straight pole position of the season.
March 29 (Reuters) - Marc Marquez set the fastest time in qualifying at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Saturday as the factory Ducati rider and MotoGP championship leader stormed to his third straight pole position of the season.
Marquez, a record seven-times winner at the Circuit of the Americas, had set the fastest lap in Q2 but his brother Alex of Gresini Racing briefly took top spot with just over a minute left in the session.

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Marc suffered a crash in practice on a wet track on Friday but on a sunny day in Austin, the six-times MotoGP champion snatched pole back with a time of two minutes 1.088 seconds to maintain his perfect record this season.
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