Source: MotoGP.

Having taken MotoGP pole at the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) heads the grid again for Sunday’s sixth race of the year, with Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) and Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) also featuring on the front row.

A 1m47.270 lap gave Marquez his sixth consecutive pole this year and his seventh successive top grid spot including Valencia last year, as his perfect form continued.

An excellent effort from Iannone saw him show his pace again to get his first premier class front row start, the perfect response to his two recent DNF results and an ideal performance from an Italian rider on an Italian bike at the Italian GP.

Lorenzo got his third row one result of the year in third place, meanwhile, as he lapped a quarter of a second off Marquez. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) still holds the pole record at Mugello with his 1m47.157s time from last year and he qualified in fourth position with a late lap 0.314s from today’s pole.

A big crash on an out lap ended Monster Yamaha Tech3 rider Pol Espargaro’s session early as he went down at turn nine and was clearly annoyed, but the Spaniard was unhurt and still ended up fifth on the grid.

A good qualifying result for Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) in sixth saw him outperform teammate Andrea Dovizioso who was eighth. Sandwiching Dovizioso on the third row are Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) and Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) in seventh and ninth places respectively, with all three qualifying within 0.5s of pole.

Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) did not get the Q2 result he wanted as he qualified down in 10th for his 300th GP. Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) and Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) made it through from Q1 but were ultimately 11th and 12th.

Australian Broc Parkes will line up 22nd on the grid for Paul Bird Motorsports in his first appearance at Mugello, setting a 1m50.875 in the battle of the Open class contenders.

The Moto2 race on Sunday at Mugello will commence with Esteve Rabat (Marc VDS Racing) at the front of the grid, ahead of Sam Lowes (Speed Up) and Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) on the first row.

Queenslander Anthony West slotted his QMMF Racing Team Speed Up into 29th on the grid, 2.375s off the pole-setting time of Rabat.

Alex De Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2) suffered a heavy crash at the start of the session, as did Randy Krummenacher (Octo IodaRacing Team). Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team) crashed with just one minute to go. All riders were unhurt.

Moto3 qualifying at Mugello ended with Alex Rins (Estrella Galicia 0,0) outperforming the rest of the field at the picturesque Mugello track, with Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Jakub Kornfeil (Calvo Team) joining him on the front row.

Alex Rins lost the front at turn two and crashed just after setting a new Moto3 Mugello pole record time of 1m56.999, later rejoining the session having rushed back to his box after the incident.

Championship leader Miller as just over 0.25s behind the Spaniard in second place, whilst a late improvement from Kornfeil left him 0.327s adrift of Rins in third – for his first ever front row GP start.

Row two, meanwhile, comprises home rider Romano Fenati (SKY Racing Team VR46), the experienced Alexis Masbou (Ongetta-Rivacold) and the ever-improving Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0).

Mahindra Racing-mounted South Australian Arthur Sissis will start 24th, his best lap coming in 2.079s off the pace of Rins.

2014 MotoGP World Championship
Round six – Mugello, Italy

MotoGP qualifying results:
1. Marc MARQUEZ 1m47.270
2. Andrea IANNONE 1m47.450
3. Jorge LORENZO 1m47.521
4. Dani PEDROSA 1m47.584
5. Pol ESPARGARO 1m47.612
6. Cal CRUTCHLOW 1m47.659
7. Bradley SMITH 1m47.681
8. Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1m47.754
9. Stefan BRADL 1m47.765
10. Valentino ROSSI 1m47.791
22. Broc PARKES (AUS) 1m50.875

Moto2 qualifying results:
1. Esteve RABAT 1m52.718
2. Sam LOWES 1m52.901
3. Sandro CORTESE 1m52.915
4. Jonas FOLGER 1m53.008
5. Dominique AEGERTER 1m53.093
6. Luis SALOM 1m53.162
7. Jordi TORRES 1m53.167
8. Franco MORBIDELLI 1m53.258
9. Thomas LUTHI 1m53.291
10. Marcel SCHROTTER 1m53.313
29. Anthony WEST (AUS) 1m55.093

Moto3 qualifying results:
1. Alex RINS 1m56.999
2. Jack MILLER (AUS) 1m57.264
3. Jakub KORNFEIL 1m57.326
4. Romano FENATI 1m57.435
5. Alexis MASBOU 1m57.580
6. Alex MARQUEZ 1m57.881
7. Karel HANIKA 1m57.937
8. Juanfran GUEVARA 1m57.967
9. Brad BINDER 1m57.972
10. Efren VAZQUEZ 1m58.021
24. Arthur SISSIS (AUS) 1m59.078

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