Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez will start Sunday's German GP from pole position, his 8th at this track, after snatching the position away from Pramac Racing's Danilo Petrucci, who, after a heavy fall in earlier practice, bounced back in the changing conditions to set a solid time at the top of the leaderboard and held it until the final few minutes of the session when Marquez pipped him by one and a half tenths of a second.

The second Repsol Honda of Dani Pedrosa will complete the front row in third position, however he was a further half a second back on Petrucci.

Row two goes to Cal Crutchlow, home hero Jonas Folger, who has been quick here all weekend, and the Ducati of Jorge Lorenzo. You have to look all the way down to P10 to find his Italian teammate and championship leader Andrea Dovizioso.

However, the two Yamaha's of Valentino Rossi, in ninth, and teammate Maverick Vinales, 11th,  who looked set to be the fastest man in the dry conditions, continued to struggle on the damp track.

“The day started off very positive with the FP3 session, when Vale and Maverick both had a good feeling,” explained Massimo Meregalli. “We already noticed in FP4 that the feeling in the wet was not as good as it was in the dry. Valentino started the qualifying session well, but was unable to really get the feeling he was looking for in the wet conditions.”

“When the track started to dry towards the end, he made the right call to change tyres and climbed to ninth place. It was unfortunate there wasn‘t enough time for him to have another go, because his potential is higher than his grid position. The same goes for Maverick."

"The pace he showed in FP3 this morning clearly indicates he is one of the fastest men on track in dry conditions. We will work overnight to try to find a solution to give both of the riders a better feeling in the wet. We have to try to capitalise on the information we collected in today‘s practice sessions as much as possible.”

 

GP of Germany – Qualifying Classification:
1. Marc MARQUEZ, Repsol Honda Team - 1'27.302
2. Danilo PETRUCCI, OCTO Pramac Racing - 1'27.462 +0.160
3. Dani PEDROSA, Repsol Honda Team - 1'27.949 +0.647
4. Cal CRUTCHLOW, LCR Honda - 1'28.089 +0.787
5. Jonas FOLGER, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 1'28.210 +0.908
6. Jorge LORENZO, Ducati Team - 1'28.383 +1.081
7. Pol ESPARGARO, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - 1'28.402 +1.100
8. Aleix ESPARGARO, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini - 1'28.526 +1.224
9. Valentino ROSSI, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP - 1'28.669 +1.367
10. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Ducati Team - 1'28.703 +1.401
11. Maverick VIÑALES, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP - 1'28.823 +1.521
12. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Pull&Bear Aspar Team - 1'28.968 +1.666
13. Jack MILLER EG 0,0 Marc VDS - 1'27.967 (Q2)
14. Loris BAZ, Reale Avintia Racing - 1'27.979 (Q2)
15. Bradley SMITH, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - 1'28.015 (Q2)
16. Andrea IANNONE, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR - 1'28.103 (Q2)
17. Mika KALLIO, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - 1'28.285 (Q2)
18. Hector BARBERA, Reale Avintia Racing - 1'28.404 (Q2)
19. Johann ZARCO, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 1'28.444 (Q2)
20. Karel ABRAHAM, Pull&Bear Aspar Team - 1'28.625 (Q2)
21. Sam LOWES, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini - 1'28.659 (Q2)
22. Alex RINS, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR - 1'29.504 (Q2)
23. Scott REDDING, OCTO Pramac Racing - 1'29.578 (Q2)
24. Tito RABAT, EG 0,0 Marc VDS - 1'30.028 (Q2)