Cal Crutchlow smashed the Jerez lap record to take pole for the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix, with Marc Marquez fifth, while the factory Yamahas struggled. Suzuki's Andrea Iannone set the benchmark pace with a 1:37.987s, before Marquez – who crashed in FP4 prior to qualifying – edged one hundredth of a second clear. Marquez remained on top of the timesheets until the final six minutes, when Crutchlow guided his factory-backed LCR RC213V to a new lap record of 1:37.752s, with the Repsol duo of Dani Pedrosa and Marquez behind. Marquez threatened Crutchlow on his final few laps, but could not hook the lap together, while the Briton cemented his first pole since the 2016 British...
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