Marc Marquez tightened his grip on the 125cc title even further by taking his 12th pole position of the season at the Valencia finale.

With a 17-point lead over rival Nico Terol, Marquez just needs a top-eight finish tomorrow to become champion.

The Ajo Derbi rider always looked the most likely polesitter this afternoon, as even when briefly deposed by Terol and erstwhile title threat Pol Espargaro, Marquez was always able to get back on top. His eventual pole time was a 1m39.564s, a tenth ahead of Terol, who pushed his Aspar teammate Bradley Smith back to third late on.

Marquez gave his teammate Sandro Cortese a few handy tows to ensure the German completed the front row, leaving Espargaro (Tuenti) in fifth alongside Esteve Rabat, Efren Vazquez and Luis Salom.

Pos  Rider                Bike       Time       Gap
 1.  Marc Marquez         Derbi      1m39.564s
 2.  Nicolas Terol        Aprilia    1m39.672s  + 0.108s
 3.  Bradley Smith        Aprilia    1m39.712s  + 0.148s
 4.  Sandro Cortese       Derbi      1m39.878s  + 0.314s
 5.  Pol Espargaro        Derbi      1m39.919s  + 0.355s
 6.  Esteve Rabat         Aprilia    1m40.459s  + 0.895s
 7.  Efren Vazquez        Derbi      1m40.615s  + 1.051s
 8.  Luis Salom           Aprilia    1m41.371s  + 1.807s
 9.  Adrian Martin        Aprilia    1m41.378s  + 1.814s
10.  Randy Krummenacher   Aprilia    1m41.451s  + 1.887s
11.  Tomoyoshi Koyama     Aprilia    1m41.461s  + 1.897s
12.  Jonas Folger         Aprilia    1m41.805s  + 2.241s
13.  Johann Zarco         Aprilia    1m41.855s  + 2.291s
14.  Danny Webb           Aprilia    1m41.910s  + 2.346s
15.  Alberto Moncayo      Aprilia    1m41.950s  + 2.386s
16.  Isaac Vinales        Aprilia    1m42.379s  + 2.815s
17.  Marcel Schrotter     Honda      1m42.383s  + 2.819s
18.  Simone Grotzkyj      Aprilia    1m42.687s  + 3.123s
19.  Peter Sebestyen      Aprilia    1m42.715s  + 3.151s
20.  Jakub Kornfeil       Aprilia    1m42.733s  + 3.169s
21.  Lorenzo Savadori     Aprilia    1m42.941s  + 3.377s
22.  Danny Kent           Lambretta  1m43.083s  + 3.519s
23.  Niklas Ajo           Derbi      1m43.115s  + 3.551s
24.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin  Aprilia    1m43.247s  + 3.683s
25.  Joan Perello         Honda      1m43.456s  + 3.892s
26.  Johnny Rosell        Honda      1m43.657s  + 4.093s
27.  Sturla Fagerhaug     Aprilia    1m44.195s  + 4.631s
28.  Louis Rossi          Aprilia    1m44.540s  + 4.976s
29.  Taylor Mackenzie     Honda      1m44.548s  + 4.984s
30.  Marco Ravaioli       Lambretta  1m44.681s  + 5.117s
31.  John McPhee          Honda      1m45.214s  + 5.650s
32.  Tommaso Gabrielli    Aprilia    1m45.593s  + 6.029s