Outgoing champion Marc Marquez swept to his eighth pole position of the season at the Australian MotoGP on Saturday, as Jorge Lorenzo took a front-row position to keep his title hopes alive. Honda rider Marquez came out early to top the timesheets and finished with a fastest lap of one minute 28.364 seconds, three-tenths quicker than Ducati's Andrea Iannone and Yamaha's Lorenzo, who shared the same best lap times. Championship leader Valentino Rossi, 18 points ahead of Lorenzo with three races left, will start a disappointing seventh on the grid, opening the door for his Spanish rival Lorenzo to keep the pressure on. Honda rider Dani Pedrosa will start on the second row, with fifth...
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