Marc Marqu🔯ez has taken pole position for the 125cc French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

The 40-minute session took plac🌄e on a wet - but steadily drying - track, prompting countlessღ spills as riders tested the ever-changing grip levels.

The fastest lap times thus came at𝐆 the very end of the session, by which time a dry line was visible - prompting the leading riders to make a late switch to slicks.

KTM rider𝄹 Marquez took over provisional pole for the final time with two minutes to go and initially defende𒊎d the position by dropping his lap time by over one second on his next lap.

However, wiꦇth the chequered flag waving, Marquez and Scott Redding were nose-to-tail on track and bo꧂th lapping under pole pace.

As they crossed the line, Marquez waꦓs able to outpace Redding's Blusen's Aprilia by just 0.093sec for his first ever grand prix pole position.

Championship leader Andrea Iannone, fastest in dry Friday practice for ISPA Aprilia, fell midway through the✱ session and could only manage 23rd on thไe grid.

Jerez winner Bradley Smith, 𒈔who will start Sunday's race one point behind Iannone, took a tumble in the early stages before claiming sixth position for Aspar Apriliaꦛ.

No less than twelve riders failed to lap within the require💖d 107% of pole poꦅsition.

Qualifying - Le Mans:

1. Marquez (KTM) 1min 47.080sec
2. Redding (Aprilia) +0.093sec
3. Terol (Aprilia) +0.703sec
4. Aegerter (Derbi) +0.915sec
5. Olive (Derbi) +1.005sec
6. Smith (Aprilia) +1.035sec
7. Simon (Aprilia) +1.254sec
8. Bradl (Aprilia) +1.428sec
9. Koyama (Loncin) +2.233sec
10. Webb (Aprilia) +2.359sec

DNQ Hoyle (Haojue) +14.377sec