Marquez took over the lead in the 125 championship chase at the Shell Malaysian Grand Prix a week ago and has been fast right from the start at Phillip Island. He was second fastest in the first practice session with a 1m 55.472s lap on a wet track on Friday, then recorded a 1m 47.615s lap for second fastest on a wet Saturday morning then took pole with 1m 38.236s lap on a dry track on Saturday afternoon.
Bradley Smith had been fastest in the Friday session, while Pol Espargaro was fastest on Saturday morning but neither could match Marquez's qualifying pace - Espargaro 0.755 seconds behind and Smith 1.127 seconds off the pace.
For the full list of qualifying times, click on: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/xx/2010/MAL/125cc/RAC/Classification.pdf?v1_3d1205b9