ÁLEX MÁRQUEZ HOPING FOR A CHANGE OF FORTUNE IN JEREZ

Álex Márquez will start the Spanish Grand Prix from the seventh row of the grid after a tough day of qualifying at Jerez. Despite his best efforts, the LCR Honda CASTROL rider could not find the improvement he was chasing and finished the day in 20^th position overall in the MotoGP class.

The Spaniard bettered his time from Friday by nearly a second in an ultra-competitive FP3 session, but still had to settle for 14^th spot despite being only six tenths behind pacesetter, and LCR team-mate, Taka Nakagami.