2018 Mugello MotoGP Qualifying Results

With seven victories before his home crowd at Mugello, Valentino Rossi is the winningest rider at the Tuscan circuit that will host its 33rd year of GP races this Sunday.

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1 pilot wasted no time making his reign known Saturday when he claimed the pole position at Mugello – the 65th of his Grand Prix career, and eighth at Mugello.

Before a raving crowd covered in yellow colors to cheer on their home hero, the nine-time World Champion Rossi claimed pole with a lap time of 1:46.208, which ousted Andrea Iannone’s record from 2015 of 1:46.489 (Ducati Team).

Qualifying on the front row with Rossi were Ducati Team’s Jorge Lorenzo (-0.035) and Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Vinales (-0.096). Lorenzo is now tied with Rossi in second for most pole positions across all GP classes. The pole leader remains Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez with 74.

Heading up row two ahead of Sunday’s 23-lap Grand Prix of Italy Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone, the Italian qualifying ahead of Alma Pramac Racing Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci and four-time MotoGP Champion Marquez.

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Marquez was quick from the outset, but couldn’t keep his momentum going. The RC213V pilot has won the past three races, including a dominating performance two weeks ago in Le Mans, but has only one premier-class win at Mugello (2014).

Row three consists of Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso, who set a new top speed Friday of 215.24 mph, qualified seventh ahead of LCR Honda Castrol’s Cal Crutchlow, who won in Argentina, Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Johann Zarco, and Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins.

The grid is now set for 2018 Mugello MotoGP, which gets underway at 8 a.m. ET. Marquez leads the points battle with 95, 36 ahead of Vinales, 37 ahead of Zarco, and 39 ahead of Rossi.

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2018 Mugello MotoGP Qualifying Results

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Nationality	Time
1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	ITA	01’46.208
2	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	ESP	01’46.243
3	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	ESP	01’46.304
4	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	ITA	01’46.347
5	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	ITA	01’46.445
6	Marc Marquez	Honda	ESP	01’46.454
7	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	ITA	01’46.500
8	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	GBR	01’46.813
9	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	FRA	01’46.830
10	Alex Rins	Suzuki	ESP	01’46.909
11	Jack Miller	Honda	AUS	01’46.998
12	Franco Morbidelli	Honda	ITA	01’47.002
13	Tito Rabat	Honda	ESP	01’46.908
14	Hafizh Syahrin	Yamaha	MYS	01’47.188
15	Pol Espargaro	KTM	ESP	01’47.355
16	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	ESP	01’47.708
17	Bradley Smith	KTM	GBR	01’47.818
18	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	JPN	01’47.868
19	Thomas Luthi	Honda	CHE	01’47.989
20	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	ESP	01’48.065
21	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	ESP	01’48.286
22	Karel Abraham	Ducati	CZE	01’48.532
23	Scott Redding	Ducati	GBR	01’48.744
24	Xavier Simeon	Ducati	BEL	01’48.794
25	Michele Pirro	Ducati	ITA	01’47.803