Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez has taken pole position ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix at the Motegi Circuit.

This is the first pole position for the Spanish motorcyclist after a break of three years. For the last time he started from the first position precisely at Motegi.

Marquez reached the pole position with a time of 1:55.214 minutes, followed by Joan Zarco with a gap of 208 thousandths of a second and Brad Binder who was 323 thousandths of a second behind.

Maverick Viñales, Jorge Martin, Ales Espargaro, Jack Miller, Miguel Oliveira, Fabio Quartararo and Luca Marini also placed among the top 10 in qualifying.

In the Moto 2 class, pole position went to Spaniard Aaron Canet, while in the weakest Moto 3 class, Tatsuki Suzuki was the fastest.