Marquez defeats Quartararo for Mugello MotoGP pole

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez took his fourth pole position of the 2019 MotoGP season, beating rookie Fabio Quartararo by 0.214s for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.

Reigning champion Marquez established a new lap record at Mugello with his best time of 1m45.519s on his Honda, eclipsing the 1m45.733s set by Quartararo on the Petronas SRT Yamaha.

Danilo Petrucci, who looked to be a pole favorite following his strong Saturday morning practice pace, will start third and on the front row as fastest Ducati.

Marquez started his final flyer in Q2 down in sixth position while Quartararo on his Petronas SRT Yamaha looked safe at the top of the times, having set two laps quick enough for provisional pole.

Both riders looked set to improve on Quartararo’s own earlier benchmark of 1:45.845, but a healthy slipstream from Andrea Dovizioso saw Marquez snatch pole by just over two-tenths from the Frenchman.

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Starting Lineup

POS RIDER TEAM BIKE TIME GAP
1 Marc Marquez Honda Honda 1m45.519s 0.000s
2 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha Yamaha 1m45.733s 0.214s
3 Danilo Petrucci Ducati Ducati 1m45.881s 0.362s
4 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha Yamaha 1m45.959s 0.440s
5 Jack Miller Pramac Ducati Ducati 1m46.029s 0.510s
6 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 1m46.079s 0.560s
7 Maverick Vinales Yamaha Yamaha 1m46.181s 0.662s
8 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Ducati Ducati 1m46.260s 0.741s
9 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 1m46.293s 0.774s
10 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Honda 1m46.387s 0.868s
11 Pol Espargaro KTM KTM 1m46.433s 0.914s
12 Michele Pirro Ducati Ducati 1m46.638s 1.119s
13 Alex Rins Suzuki Suzuki 1m46.539s 1.020s
14 Tito Rabat Avintia Ducati Ducati 1m46.678s 1.159s
15 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia Aprilia 1m46.899s 1.380s
16 Karel Abraham Avintia Ducati Ducati 1m47.028s 1.509s
17 Jorge Lorenzo Honda Honda 1m47.135s 1.616s
18 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 1m47.184s 1.665s
19 Johann Zarco KTM KTM 1m47.394s 1.875s
20 Joan Mir Suzuki Suzuki 1m47.519s 2.000s
21 Hafizh Syahrin Tech3 KTM KTM 1m48.222s 2.703s
22 Miguel Oliveira Tech3 KTM KTM 1m48.235s 2.716s
23 Andrea Iannone Aprilia Aprilia 1m48.303s 2.784s

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