Crutchlow on pole for home British GP

The first Briton in 35 years to win in the top category of grand prix motorcycling put his non-works LCR Honda on the front of the grid with Italian great Valentino Rossi second for Yamaha.

(Reuters)

Spaniard Maverick Vinales completed the front row on a Suzuka.

Championship leader Marc Marquez, on a Honda, qualified only fifth fastest after a late crash while Yamaha's reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo starts a distant ninth.

The pole was Crutchlow's third in MotoGP.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in Monza, editing by Rex Gowar)