Marquez pips Crutchlow to pole in Germany

Marquez put in a 1:21.311, the quickest lap of the weekend, to go top with two minutes left which bettered Crutchlow's 1:21.640 but neither the Monster Yamaha man or Valentino Rossi were out of it.

Rossi's final lap saw him bounce up to second place on a 1:21.493 before Crutchlow went just six one-hundredths better and crossed the line to bag second. The pair were both complaining about being held up on their final laps by an un-named rider.

Stefan Bradl suffered a front-end crash at the Omegakurve early in the session but recovered to set a 1:21.862 and sit at the head of the second row. He has CRT man Aleix Espargaro next to him and Nicky Hayden is by far the quickest of the Ducatis in sixth place.

Bradley Smith put his Monster Yamaha at the top of row three with his 1:22.297 with Alvaro Bautista and Claudio Corti next to him. Danilo Petrucci is 11th and Dani Pedrosa has a grid slot of 12th should he race.

1. Marc Marquez 1:21.311

2. Cal Crutchlow +00.123

3. Randy de Puniet +00.165

4. Michele Pirro +00.333

5. Michael Laverty +00.449

6. Yonny Hernandez +00.465

7. Bradley Smith +00.986

8. Hector Barbera +00.546

9. Andrea Dovizioso +01.250

10. Claudio Corti +01.748

11. Danilo Petrucci +01.721

12. Bryan Staring +04.173