Quartararo takes pole at Spanish MotoGP, Rins injured in crash


MotoGP - Spanish Grand Prix - Circuito de Jerez, Jerez, Spain - July 18, 2020 Petronas Yamaha SRT's Fabio Quartararo in action during practice REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo

JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) - Petronas Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo will start in pole position in Sunday's Spanish MotoGP after setting a lap record in qualifying with a time of one minute, 36.705 seconds in Jerez on Saturday.

The Frenchman broke his own lap record set earlier in the third free practice to finish ahead of Yamaha's Maverick Vinales and Honda's world champion Marc Marquez in a frantic final session in which three riders crashed.

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